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Description: | Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet type and of 1st or 2nd century AD dateThe brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and top of the bow only and is comparatively small (with a surviving length of 11.9mm, a surviving depth of 11.1mm and a weight of 2.3g). The missing spring was secured by a single, pierced lug at the rear of the head, now surviving as a vertical rib. Iron corrosion staining around the lug suggests that an iron sprig was employed. The trumpet head is near-circular (9.8mm - 11.1mm diameter) with a stub at the head, probably representing the remnants of an integral chain-loop, now lost. The upper bow is of oval section, with straight parallel sides for the short distance to the break (with a width of 4.8mm and a thickness of 3.5mm). The front of the bow was decorated with a vertical panel containing two knurled ribs in sunken, separated by a groove. The surface has a dark-green patina with areas of pale-green where the surface has been lost.
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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