Afmeting: 6 cm.
Periode: 0 tot 400 n.Chr.
Above, a bronze Celtic trumpetbrooch (fibula).
Trumpet form.
Circa 45 B.C. - 2nd Century A.D.
This is named after the shape of it's head which looks like a trumpet and is one of the best known brooch forms of the Romano-British period with the peak of production in the early 2nd century AD. The finest of these brooches were made of silver, sometimes gilt and they were normally worn in pairs. Surprisingly they are rarely found outside of Britain.
The earlier versions have simple waist-knobs with later versions having a waist-knob set between opposing acanthus leaves. These brooches were common in military areas especially in the north in the first half of the 2nd century.
Het Keltische oorspronkelijke gebied
met 't plaatsje La Têne links onder en daarboven het begin van
onze maas ( moasa ). Zouden de kelten vanuit die maas hun munten
en andere artefacten gestrooid hebben op velen akkers in
Nederland? Wat je hieronder ziet zijn vorstengraven, vorstenhuizen etcetera.