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Description: | An incomplete Romano-British trumpet' style brooch dating from AD c.75 to AD c.175. The head, integrally cast head loop, spring, axle and part of the pin remain; the bow and the catchplate are missing. The head of the brooch has a moulded curvilinear relief decoration. The wings are D-shaped in section with a small hole at the centre to take the axle. The axle slots through the centre of the spring coils and into the hole in each wing. The spring has traces of iron corrosion, which may result from the axle being made of iron; the corrosion obscures the coils of the spring. Just underneath the wings, and fitting behind the spring and pin, is an integrally cast circular lug. Part of the head loop is broken away at the top. It is thought that brooches with head loops were often worn as pairs, and linked together by a chain, which was attached to each loop. An example illustrated in Hattatt's visual catalogue, figure 186, number 1528 has very similar curvilinear decoration on the head of the brooch (but different head loop style). Dimensions: width of head: 17.5mm; length from top of head loop to break: 24mm; length of broken pin: 21mm.
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