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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Romano-British two piece ‘Colchester type’ brooch. The wings on this fragment are complete, semicylindrical and plain. Behind the head of the brooch would have been a lug with two circular perforations. However, the lug is broken through both perforations. The spring head and pin shaft are entirely missing. A small crest runs from the head of the brooch onto the bow of the brooch and runs into a raised mid rib that runs the surviving length of the leg. This rib is decorated with transverse incised lines, now much worn. The bow is triangular in section and extends into an even width leg that is truncated just before the foot. The break edge is worn, suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. Due to this truncation, the catchplate is entirely missing. The reverse of the brooch is plain. The object has an even mid green patina. The brooch has a surviving length of 21.78, is 17.64mm wide across the wings, 5.32mm wide across the bow and weighs 2.31g. 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 two piece | 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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