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BROOCH

Unique ID: SWYOR-9650A0

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A cast copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch, dating from AD 75 - 175. In the centre of the bow is a moulding consisting of a circular collar, flanked above and below by three teardrop shaped knops forming the acanthus decoration, with the rounded end of the teardrops pointing towards the collar. Adjacent to the pointed ends of each set of teardrops are three raised, circular ridges in low relief, two narrow and a broader central ridge, all separated by narrow grooves. The circular foot also has a ridge, flanked by narrow grooves and the base of the foot is dished, with a prominent central pellet. Below the central moulding the bow is hemispherical in section and has an almost complete catchplate behind. There is a double collar round the mouth of the trumpet at the head of the bow. On the reverse of the head is has a tubular moulding, divided in the centre by a slot, to take a copper alloy pin bar and hinged copper alloy pin. Both pin bar and pin remain in place and are complete. There is an intact integral headloop. The brooch is 42.2mm long, 11.5mm wide and 17.6mm thick. It weighs 10.32gm.

A similar brooch (though with a sprung pin) is ilustrated in Mackreth, 2011, Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, plate 78, number 5092

Class: Trumpet

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 175

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 42.2 mm
Width: 11.5 mm
Thickness: 17.6 mm
Weight: 10.32 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st March 2014 - Monday 31st March 2014

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS Form number 000579

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
District: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: North Elmsall (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE4916
Four figure Latitude: 53.63823153
Four figure longitude: -1.26037508
1:25K map: SE4916
1:10K map: SE41NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Mackreth, D.F.	2011	Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain	Oxford	Oxbow Books	plate 78, number 5092

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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