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BROOCH
Unique ID: LVPL-24F6E6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy trumpet brooch from the Roman period, dating to c.1st to 2nd centuries AD. The trumpet brooch has a typical oval head shape and is a sprung example. The head is decorated with a groove around the edge. At the back of the head is a lug which is pierced and holds the spring in place. The spring five coils and curves around to form a wire head loop, clasped together below the loop with a rectangular strip of copper alloy. The rectangular strip has three ridges and the central ridge is decorated with a series of diagonal grooves.
The bow arches out from the head and tapers towards the incomplete foot. The bow is oval in cross-section and is decorated with an oval petalled waist moulding (acanthus button). Above and below the waist moulding is a transverse ridge. A vertical groove runs the length of each side of the leg below the waste moulding.
At the rear of the brooch the catchplate is incomplete. Only a fragment of the pin remains extending downwards from the spring. The object as a mid-green patina in good condition.
Dimensions: 50mm in length, 16mm in width, 11mm thick (at waist moulding), 14.5g.
Similar examples can be found in Hattatt, (2000), p328. Trumpet brooches are typically dated from AD75-175. A similar example which has been recorded on the PAS database is LVPL-FF2569.
Class:
Trumpet
Sub class: Mackreth (2011) TR 1.a1b Plate 78
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 175
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 50 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight: 14.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st April 2017 - Saturday 6th May 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Boynton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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