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BROOCH
Unique ID: DOR-E1C7F8
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete tinned copper alloy Roman trumpet headed brooch dating to the period c. AD 50 - 150. The head features an integral lug projecting from the reverse for the iron sprung pin mechanism. The pin is missing. The remains of the spring and axis bar are visible as corroded iron around the lug. The head is decorated with two crescent shaped grooves on either side of the head. The bow arches upwards and features a degraded acanthus moulded knop about halfway along its length. The leg tapers to the moulded foot which consists of a knob divded horizontally into two moulded ridges. The tinning is only visible in the mouldings.
The brooch measures 47.87mm in length, 10.76mm maximum width, 4.17mm minimum width, is 7.53mm thick and weighs 13.88g.
Cf. Bayley & Butcher, 2004, p. 93, fig. 73, no. 220.
Class: Trumpet
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47.87 mm
Width: 10.76 mm
Thickness: 7.53 mm
Weight: 13.88 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: GSM9
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
To be known as: Gussage St Michael
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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