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BROOCH
Unique ID: DUR-DA0173
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete copper alloy trumpet brooch of Roman date (AD 75-175). The brooch is missing the curl of the catchplate and the majority of the wire pin due to old, abraded breaks. The object is composed of a concave head with a single centrally positioned integral lug through which an axis bar, broken at both ends, is fitted. The remains of a pin are looped around the axis bar with six turns of the spring.
The head of the brooch itself is trumpet shaped with a slight circumferential grooved border. From a central point the head tapers to form the circular sectioned upper bow which swells slightly towards an elaborate circular acanthus moulding which is flanked by double banded collars. Extending down from the lower collar is a triangular sectioned lower bow and semi-circular foot.
The metal is dark brown in colour with a smooth patina.
A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches, Oxbow Books, Oxford p 328, no 953.
Mackreth (2011) p.118, plate 79.
Length: 61.54mm, Width: 17.82mm, Thickness: 9.32mm, Weight: 18.0g
Class:
Trumpet
Sub class: Mackreth TR1.b2
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 175
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 61.54 mm
Width: 17.82 mm
Thickness: 9.32 mm
Weight: 18 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: North East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
District: County Durham (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Barnard Castle Area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hattatt, R. | 2000 | A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches | Oxford | Oxbow Books | 328 | 953 |
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