Trumpet brooch

Brooch, 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

Trumpet brooch

Romano-British copper-alloy trumpet brooch, plain with full acanthus moulding, pin lost but spring intact, found by metal-detecting at Torwoodlee, Caddonfoot, Selkirkshire