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Description: | Incomplete Roman one-piece Colchester brooch. This cast copper alloy brooch is now dull brown in colour with patches of pale green corrosion. The rectangular wings are 18.63mm wide, and are slightly angled at the edges making them trapezoid in section. There is a worn break and corrosion at the end of the right wing. There is a loop extending from the centre of the head plate to hold the axis bar of the pin. The hinge and sprung pin are intact. There is a worn and corroded break on the bow, and the foot and catchplate are missing. The surviving section of the bow is a smooth curve and almost 'D' shaped in profile. There is a raised moulding running down the centre of the bow, flanked either side by a groove. The surviving section of the brooch is 25.8mm long, and is 11.28mm at the thickest point. This type of brooch was developed on the Continent during the second half of the 1st century BC, and were current in Britain from 20-70 AD, spanning the end of the Iron Age and early Roman Britain. | Subjects: | One Piece Colchester | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | McLean, Laura - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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