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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy, one piece ??Colchester?? type late Iron Age to early Roman brooch. The wings of the brooch are complete. The forward facing hook is truncated and worn. Behind the head of the brooch, below the remains of the forward facing hook, is a short backward facing ??hook?? that is the remains of the integral spring coil. The spring coil and pin shaft are otherwise entirely missing. The bow is sub circular in section and is flat at the back. It is complete and ends in a blunt point, which is slightly damaged. The catch plate is entirely missing. The brooch is abraded and nothing of the original surface survives. Exposed surfaces are brown with small patches of light green. The break edges are worn smooth suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The width of the wings is 16.36mm. The bow is 5.16mm wide at the broadest point. The brooch is 47.46mm long and weighs 4.69g. Brooches of this type date from 20-50AD. An example can be seen in Crummy 1983, The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester, figure 6, number 38. | Subjects: | Colchester | 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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