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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Trumpet brooch of Roman date. The head is sub-circular with a hinge pin mechanism on the reverse flanked by rectangular attachment lugs. The pin proper no longer remains. The centre of the head extends and curves sharply into a U-shaped circular sectioned bow which tapers to a break. Near the head of the brooch is a circular acanthus moulding flanked by a circular collar. About 50% of the cathchplate remains and it extends slightly over the break.The metal has a light brown-green patina. The brooch is 45.02mm long, 12.36mm wide, 5.19mm thick and weighs 10.77g.Similar examples are illustrated in Hattatt, p.326, fig.185 no.1529 and are dated to the 1st - 2nd Century AD.
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