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Description: | A copper alloy small Roman trumpet or trumpet derivative brooch dating from AD 75 - 175. There are broken areas on the head suggesting it may have had an integral head loop, now missing. The head is very small, hardly a trumpet at all. There is a slot in the top for the hinged pin, and on the reverse is a damaged tubular housing for the copper alloy axis bar. Only the head of the copper alloy hinged pin survives.The upper bow is sub-triangular in section. The shoulder is decorated with a damaged acanthus button. Flanked by a ridge above and below, it has three petals above and three below a central transverse ridge. The moulding is on the front of the bow only. The lower bow is triangular in section and behind it is the scar of a catchplate. There is a decorative incised line running the length of the lower bow side on the right. The left side is damaged and the food is missing. The brooch has an olive green patina. The damaged areas are patinated to a lighter green. The brooch is 28mm long, 9.5mm wide and 14.7mm thick. 2.64g. Many similar brooches can be found on the database.
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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