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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch dating to the period c. AD 50 - 175. The bow, foot, catchplate and pin are missing. The brooch measures 29.77mm in length, 24.31mm maximum width, 6.57mm minimum width, is 15.93mm thick and weighs 6.85g.From the top of the head projects an incomplete loop which terminates in two old breaks. The point at which the loop projects from the head is decorated by a horizontal groove incised with a series of vertical grooves. The head is semi-circular and exhibits an incised semi-circular groove decoratd with a series of veritcal grooves following the curve of the head. The wings project from the base of the head. The wings are D-shaped in cross-section and house the corroded remains of the axis bar. There is a central pin slot for the missing hinged pin. The bow projects from the head and tapers to an old break at which point it is twisted out of shape. It exhibits a longitudinal ridge running down the centre.Cf. Hattatt, R, 2007, A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches, Oxbow Books, Oxford p 330 fig 189, no 962.
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