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Description: | A copper-alloy trumpet brooch of the early Roman period, c. 75-200.The brooch is incomplete, missing its pin and its headloop. The head is bell-shaped, merging into the bow with confronted acanthus-leaf decoration moulded in relief, half round, with the bow continuing to taper toward the foot, though a break at the end of the bow has removed a likely footknob. The hooked catchplate emerged beneath the lowerhalf of the bow, though this is also incomplete, suffering from the same episode of damage that removed the footknob. One face of the catchplate has a stamped ring-and-dot decoration.The sprung-pin is wrapped around a cylindrical axisbar and held in place by a lug cast integral on the reverse of the brooch head. Four-to-five coils of the spring remain, though the main portion of the pin is lost. A small shank emerged from the top of the head and lug, which probably formed the base of a headloop or possibly a small forward-bent hook.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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