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Description: | Roman (1st to 2nd 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 an integral perforated lug (headloop). On the reverse of the bow head there are two vertical integral lugs with a central perforation and a fragment of the copper alloy axis bar. 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 of the head. The bow, of which only a trace remains, is triangular in section and is undecorated. The bow tapers towards a broken edge, which is an old break. The brooch has an abraded light green coloured patina. The brooch measures 27.52mm in length and 14.88mm in width and weighs 4.9g.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., 2004Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough CollectionLondon: Society of Antiquaries
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