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View full screenBrooch, also known as a fibula, of silver, it is of a special type called a trumpet brooch, this is due to the shape of the head which protects the spring, it could have been worn as a pair, linked to its partner by a chain, from Ayrshire, Roman, 80 - 180 AD
X.FG 9
80 - 180
Silver; harp-shaped
Ayrshire, Scotland, Northern Europe
Scotland's Early Silver (13 Oct 2017 - 25 Feb 2018)
National Museum of Scotland
Johns, Catherine. The jewellery of Roman Britain. Celtic and Classical traditions. London: UCL Press Ltd., 1996, pp. 160-5
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