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Description: | A cast copper alloy trumpet brooch dating to the Roman period, dating to c. 1st to 2nd centuries AD. The head of the brooch is missing due to ancient breaks with only a small amount of the sides of the head remaining. The hinge and pin are missing. The bow tapers gradually towards the base of the object which terminates with a modern break. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section.The top of the bow is decorated with a vertical central ridge divided with three grooves. The ridge flares outwards slightly and curves round on each side with each curve containing a pellet. The bow is decorated with a pettled waist moulding, below and above which are two transverse mouldings within which are a series of vertical ridges. The central transverse ridge of the waist moulding is decorated with small incised grooves. A vertical ridge decorates the centre and each edge of the leg of the brooch. Each half of the leg is decorated with continuous sub-oval moulding within which is a gilded pellet.The foot of the brooch is missing and only the top of the catchplate remains on the reverse of the object. The remains of gilding can be seen on the bow of the brooch. .Similar examples can be found on p327, Hattatt, (2000). The brooch can be dated from 75-175AD. Similar examples which can be found on the database are Oakden, V (2012) LVPL-9BCE31 A ROMAN BROOCH Webpage available at: http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/507605 and Oakden, V (2012) LVPL-F36DA6 A ROMAN BROOCH Webpage available at: http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/508283. A very close parallel can be seen in the brooch from the nearby Church Minshull, Cheshire hoard (Treasure Annual Report 2004).
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