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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman brooch of Trumpet type, c. AD 75-175. The brooch is missing its oval trumpet-shaped head, including the coiled spring and pin. The remains of the brooch consist of the oval-sectioned neck positioned directly below the missing head, followed by an elaborate acanthus decoration consisting of two tri-petalled collars flanking a central semi-circular plain collar. Below this, the body is triangular in cross-section and is embellished with two narrow raised collars, followed by a plain body, terminating in a further acanthus decorated oval foot with a single tri-petalled collar above two plain oval collars. The reverse of the brooch is flattened where the moulded decoration is positioned, so that there is further embelishment but it lacks the depth of the outer face. The lower reverse segment of the brooch body is covered in a vertical catchplate without perforations and a curved outer edge which would have held the pin, now missing. The length of the catchplate at either side where it meets the brooch body has been further decorated with a tiny incised repeating chevron pattern. This pattern is more easily visible on the left side, when viewing from the front of the brooch. The brooch has an overall dark brownish-green patina, with some areas of higher corrosion or damage that are of a lighter green colour. An increased degree of reddish-brown corrosion at the catchplate end suggests that the pin may have been composed of iron. The brooch measures 62.36 mm long, 5.56 mm wide (at top break), 12.92 mm wide (at middle acanthus decoration), 8.36 mm wide (at foot), 4.95 mm thick (at top break), 8.92 mm thick (at middle acanthus decoration), 17.88 mm thick (at catchplate), 8.63 mm thick (at foot); it weighs 19.67 grams. Cf. Bayley and Butcher 2004, p. 161, fig. 130, Group A.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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