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Description: | Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Trumpet Type and of 1st - 2nd century AD dateThe brooch is incomplete, missing the pin and has a slightly distorted bow (with a length of 49.2mm, a distorted depth of 23.1mm and a weight of 9.4g). The brooch had a spring mechanism secured around a single, pierced lug on the rear of the head. A single coil of the spring survives around an iron axis bar. The trumpet head is of sub-triangular section (9.9mm wide and 9.7mm long), with no surviving evidence for an integral chain-loop. The head is corroded but appears to have had side flanges, defined by chevron mouldings which arc towards the bow. The upper bow is of D-shaped to sub-triangular section and has concave sides, expanding to the mid-bow. Any decoration on the upper bow has been lost through wear and corrosion. The button is worn and was of uncertain form. The leg is of D-shaped section with straight sides converging to the foot. And the surface is corroded and has removed any decoration. The foot projects forward and had a step-moulding. The catch-plate is present and arcs from the rear of the base of the button and is central to the leg. Remnants of a silvered or tinned surface survives on the catch-plate. Elsewhere the surface has surviving areas of dark-green patina and mid-green corrosion.The brooch form is consistent with Hull's 'Chester' Type 154, which he dated from the late 1st to early 2nd century AD. The type is seen to have a distribution concentrated in the South West of Britain, around the lower Severn.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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