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Description: | Roman (1st to second centuries) trumpet brooch: The copper alloy brooch has an undecorated head which has no wings and in plan is a horizontal oval. The upper edge has a trace of a decorated integral perforated lug (headloop). On the reverse of the bow head there are traces of two vertical integral lugs with a central perforation and a fragment of the iron axis bar which is now corroded. The lugs would have supported an axis bar around which the spring would be coiled - the pin and spring are missing. The bow leads from the centre, towards the lower edge, of the head. The bow, of which only a trace remains, is semi-circular in section and is undecorated. The bow tapers towards a broken edge, which is an old break. The brooch has an abraded mid green coloured patina. It weighs 4.07g, and measures 18.32mm wide and 17.39mm 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 is probably Group B.Bayley, J. and Butcher, S., 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection London: Society of Antiquaries
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