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Unique ID: WILT-907213
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete Roman cast copper alloy trumpet broooch dating to the first or second century AD. The projection for the pin attachment is flat and at right angles to the head and has a perforation for the pin attachment. The head is decorated with a scroll design, narrowing to a transverse ridge, beneath which is a large D-shaped knop decorated with petals. Below the knop is a further transverse ridge. The body of the bow is D-shaped and also has a scroll design. The bow terminates at the foot with a small spherical knop with transverse ridges. The catchplate is of average length and has a folded pin rest. The pin is missing. The condition is good. The brooch is similar in design to No 431 in Hattat and No 4907 in Mackreth. Such booches would have been inlaid with another metal or alloy to produce a two toned effect. (Mackreth Vol 1, p119).
The length is 62.0mm, the width is 28.5mm and maximum thickness is 11.7mm. It weighs 27.34 grams.
Class: Trumpet brooch
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 1
Date to: Exactly AD 199
Quantity: 1
Length: 62 mm
Width: 28.5 mm
Thickness: 11.7 mm
Weight: 27.34 g
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 2nd February 2018
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Other reference: 2018-03
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
4 Figure: SU0557
Four figure Latitude: 51.31209225
Four figure longitude: -1.92964911
1:25K map: SU0557
1:10K map: SU05NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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