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Description: | A copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch dating from AD 75 - 175. The bow is plain and undecorated except for the central acanthus button. The button continues round the back of the bow, and is flanked by a worn double collar above and below. There is a large broken projecting loop on the reverse of the head. This would have held the spring mechanism and pin which are missing. The lower bow is faceted being triangular in section with some of the catchplate surviving. The foot is missing. The brooch has a dark brown patina. It is 41mm long, 11.4mm wide, 21.2mm thick and 8.99g.Compare Mackreth, 2011, Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, Volume 2, page 81, number 5054. Compare also Hattat, 2000, Visual Catalogue of Ancient Brooches, figure 187, number 437.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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