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Description: | A Roman copper alloy incomplete trumpet brooch. It has a plain, slightly flattened trumpet head. To the rear part of the spring remains in situ, secured by an integral lug. Above this is a short projection, which probably supported a loose wire headloop originally. The bow is strongly curved in profile with an acanthus moulding in the centre extending all the way around and flanked by two grooves. The lower bow is straight and tapers to a round foot knob, which is decorated with two encircling grooves. To the rear is a damaged sub-triangular catch plate. It belongs to Bayley and Butcher's (2004, 160-1) group A, which dates to the mid 1st to mid 2nd century AD.Length: 43.0mm, width: 14.0mm, weight: 9.51g
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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