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BROOCH
Unique ID: DUR-EFB0FF
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete copper alloy Trumpet brooch of Roman date (AD 75-175). Bayley and Butcher, Group B. The object is composed of a concave trumpet-shaped oval head with a partially retained integral loop at the top with a transverse strip across the base of the loop; the majority of the coiled springs head is retained and is held in place by an axis bar composed of the lower portion of the suspension loop. The pin is not attached but is retained and was found with the rest of the object, it is circular in section and triangular in plan. The catchplate is solid and is sub-triangular in plan with a curved outer edge; a corner of the catchpate is broken and missing. The bow of the brooch is sub-triangular in section and has in integral decoration below the shoulder which of composed of upper and lower collars between which is an acanthus moulding with a central ridge and three petals. The foot of the brooch is circular with a single raised circumferential band.
The metal is a dark greenish brown in colour.
Hattat, P 326, No 430
Bayley and Butcher, P 161, No T158A
Class: Trumpet
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: 57.12 mm
Width: 17.44 mm
Weight: 17.1 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Richmondshire (District)
To be known as: Brough with St. Giles
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 161 | T158A | |
| Hattatt, R. | 2000 | A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches | Oxford | Oxbow Books | 326 | 430 |
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