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Description: | A Roman Colchester Two-Piece Brooch made of cast copper alloy. The wings are semi-cylindrical with wing caps. The caps each have a small central hole which would have supported the axis bar. One hole is incomplete. The axis bar, spring and pin are all missing. The front face of each wing is decorated with a vertical central ridge. The bow head is hump-like in profile, but in section it is a ??V?? shape. This groove continues down the bow and gradually tapers. In the centre of the bow head, towards the wings, there is a large integral hook leaning towards the reverse of the wings. Originally this would have held the spring in place. The bow is incomplete, the break is not too recent. The surface of the brooch has an incomplete brown/green patina, with traces of a tin or silver wash. The brooch is otherwise in a fair condition, but incomplete. The brooch measures 33.39mm across the wings and 29.95mm long. It weighs 15.3g.
The brooch is a Polden Hill type, which dates to the 1st century. Hattatt (1985 Iron Age and Roman Brooches) illustrates a similar styled brooch, No. 376 which dates to the 1st century. | Subjects: | Colchester Two-Piece Polden Hill | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Bolton, Angie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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