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Description: | Roman (2nd centuries) trumpet brooch: The copper alloy brooch has a head decorated with an asymmetrical crescent and a central vertical ridge which continues down the bow. The head has no wings and, in plan, is a sub-circle oval. The upper edge has a trace of a lug (headloop) which is missing due to a recent break. On the reverse of the bow head there are traces of two incomplete vertical integral lugs with a central perforation and a fragment of the iron axis bar and iron spring. The bow leads from the centre of the head, and the upper portion of the bow is waisted and oval in section. The midpoint of the bow has three moulded transverse ribs before it is broken, the break is not recently. The brooch has an incomplete brown coloured patina. It weighs 5.3g, and measures 13.56mm wide and 26.99mm long.The brooch is a Trumpet-headed type which Bayley and Butcher (2004, 163) further class into four groups, A,B, C and D. It is uncertain which category this brooch falls into, but probably Group B or C, dating to the second century.Bayley, J. and Butcher, S. 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries
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