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Description: | Fragment of Romano-British ??Colchester?? type brooch. The wings of the brooch are semicylindrical and complete. They are decorated to either side of the head with a pair of raised vertical lines. Behind the head of the brooch would have been the double lug to hold the spring coil. The upper lug is entirely missing and the lower lug survives but is heavily corroded. The lug and one wing hold the corroded remains of one half of the spring coil, which appears to have six coils (so possibly twelve when complete). The other half of the coil and the pin shaft are entirely missing. There is a pronounced crest running from the head onto the bow of the brooch with a small notch. The bow is triangular in section and is truncated approximately at its mid point. The lower part of the brooch is entirely missing. None of the original surface survives and exposed surfaces are brown and light green. The break edge is worn suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The fragment is 21.68mm long, 32.34mm wide and weighs 9.61g. Brooches of this type date from AD 50-70. Examples of ??Colchester?? type brooches can be seen in Crummy, 1983, the Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-1979, figure 6. | Subjects: | Colchester two-piece type | 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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