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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Roman two piece Colchester derivative brooch. The wings on this fragment are complete semicylindrical and plain. Behind the head of the brooch is a lug with two circular perforations. The upper perforation holds the remains of the external cord, but otherwise the spring coils and pin shaft are entirely missing. A tiny crest runs onto the bow of the brooch. The bow is flattened in section. It extends into a slightly tapering leg that ends complete without a foot knob. The bow and leg are decorated with a centrally incised line that has short transverse lines or dashes to either side, running its entire length. The reverse of the brooch is plain. Nothing of the catchplate survives. The original surface of the object survives with an even mid green patina. The fragment is 17.8mm wide across the wings, 5.1mm wide across the bow. The fragment has a length of 23.04mm and weighs 2.80g. Brooches of this type date from 50-70AD. Examples are illustrated in Crummy 1983, The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-9, figure 6. | Subjects: | Colchester derivative | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | McDonald, Caroline - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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