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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Trumpet brooch of Roman date. The reverse of the head bears a single lug through which the pin would have been hinged though the pin no longer remains. The head itself is trumpet shaped and is decorated with inlayed enamel I the form of a blue crescent with red triangle above mirrored to either side of the central point. From the head the circular sectioned upper bow extends towards a worn acanthus decoration. From the moulding the triangular sectioned lower bow projects terminating in a worn break.The metal has a dark reddish-brown patina and is worn. The brooch is 37.4mm long, 13.6mm wide, 6.7mm thick and weighs 8.8g.Similar examples are illustrated in Hattatt, p.326, fig.185 and are dated to circa 75 - 175 AD.
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