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Description: | The object is a brooch, made from cast copper alloy. The wings are semi-cylindrical with no wing caps, just a ??C?? shaped terminal. The wings are quite narrow in width and are decorated with two vertical ridges on each. There are two central protrusions, one from the lower edge and from the upper edge of the wings. These protrusions are integral and taper, both a curved. The bow head is angular, being rectangular in section, which leads to the bow. The bow is also rectangular in section, and gradually tapers. In profile the bow is curved. The bow is decorated with a circular disc at the apex of the curve with a rectangular cell below. The bow is then broken, the does not appear to be recent. The catchplate, pin and spring or hinge are all missing. The surface of the brooch has an incomplete mid green/brown coloured patina. The brooch measures 29.36mm long from the upper wing protrusion to the break of the bow, and 13.21mm wide across the wings. It weighs 5.1g.
The brooch is a Colchester Two-Piece type which dates to the first or second century. | Subjects: | Colchester Two-Piece | 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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