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Roman copper alloy Trumpet brooch
Small trumpet brooch of the devolved type, with cast head loop and pedestal. The bow is decorated with a moulding of two simple lobes on the neck and a waist-moulding with debased petalling (so called 'acanthus'). The pin is complete with one end simply twisted once around the axial bar, which is held in place between two pierced plates.
Broetsh utgorn
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
81.79H/5.9
Find Information
Site Name: Caerleon Fortress Baths, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1978-1979
Notes: from the site of the frigidarium at the baths D2 (below orange concrete)
Measurements
length / mm:48
width / mm:11 (across bow)
width / mm:12 (across shaft)
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