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Description: | A damaged, corroded and incomplete copper-alloy Colchester type two-piece brooch of mid 1st century AD date (R.Hattatt, 1987, p.88).
The head measures 18.2mm wide and has a flat underside. At 23.3mm, the spring is wider than the head and consists of six coils of copper-alloy wire. There is no trace of the axis bar and one side of the spring is bent upwards. It is held in place by an external chord, which passes through a rearward lug on top of the head. Only a remnant of the pin survives. The bow is semi-circular in section and tapers from 5.9mm wide at the top to a point at the foot. The catchplate is largely missing and the brooch is bent upwards at the bottom. The surfaces of the object are heavily corroded.
It measures 69.3mm long and weighs 13.67g. | Subjects: | Two-piece Colchester type | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Watters, Julian - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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