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Unique ID: CORN-4FB1D6
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Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman trumpet derivative brooch with a looped headplate, enamelled and moulded bow, and expanded foot. The D-shaped headplate is decorated with two transverse grooves which step down to the recessed tab with only the base of the loop remaining. The back of the headplate has two perforated D-shaped lugs which would have held the spring and pin, now missing. The upper part of the bow has a rectangular section with two longitudinal recessed fields which hold twelve rectangular cells, each pair with alternating orange enamel, still extant, and bronze. At the end of these fields is a central circular stud, with an incised cross, above three moulded transverse ribs with recessed rings between them. The central rib has an incised zig-zag pattern which defines raised alternating triangles. The lower section of the bow narrows towards the foot with a central ridge running the length of the section, and is bordered by parallel moulded edges on either side. The foot is expanded into bifid knops which are defined by curvilinear moulded grooves which make the projections look like insect eyes. The central area of the lower bow has been bent in antiquity and has lost the surface patina, and is now quite corroded. Behind this lower section the catchplate survives but is also quite corroded and bent in the same area.
Hattatt (2000) illustrates a similar trumpet derivative brooch with looped headplate, enamelled bow and central stud, and expanded foot on pages 331, Figs.190, No.1538, which is referred to as a Wroxeter type and dated from the 1st to the 2nd century AD.
Bayley & Butcher (2004) illustrate a Wroxeter type trumpet derivative brooch, with a similar recessed headplate and tab, two recessed fields in the upper bow, above three transverse mouldings, a bevelled lower bow and expanded foot, on page 169, Fig.142, No.T151. Contexts for this type range in date from the Flavian period, c.AD 69-96, to c.AD 200.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 69
Date to: Circa AD 200
Quantity: 1
Length: 71 mm
Width: 13.6 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight: 15.18 g
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st July 2010 - Tuesday 20th July 2010
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
4 Figure: SW9475
Four figure Latitude: 50.538403
Four figure longitude: -4.908508
1:25K map: SW9475
1:10K map: SW95SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Bayley, J. and Butcher, S. | 2004 | Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection | London | The Society of Antiquaries | 169, Fig.142, | No.T151 | |
Hattatt, R. | 2000 | A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches | Oxford | Oxbow Books | 331, Figs.190, | No.1538 |