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Description: | An incomplete Roman copper-alloy trumpet brooch (AD 75-175).The pin and spring mechanism and part of the catch-plate are missing. The sub-circular head is convex at the front and deeply hollow at the rear. At one side of the head a small portion of an iron axis bar has survived. The bow is long and slender, convex at the front and largely flat at the rear. At the front of the bow, about mid-way along its length, there is a ridge/groove/bulbous feature/groove/ridge. Both ridges have vertical punch marks as decoration. At the front, the upper part of the bow has linear grooves at the side following the curve of the bow. The lower part of the bow is sub-triangular in cross-section, flat at the rear. There are curvilinear grooves as decoration at each side. The catch-plate is centrally placed at the rear and at either side, on the bow, there are evenly spaced punched chevrons. The curled-over part of the catch-plate that secured the pin-tip is missing due to a break.This brooch has an even green patina.Length: 50.6mm; width: 14.7mm. Weight: 10.41g.A trumpet brooch with Celtic style lotus bud and tendril motifs has been recorded from Peterborough, Cambridgeshire Hattatt 1985: 112, fig. 46, ref: 446).Hattatt, R. 1985. Iron Age and Roman Brooches. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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