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Description: | an incomplete copper alloy Roman bow brooch, Hod Hill type. The head, pin and axis bar are missing, due to old breaks. There is longitudinal moulding on the plate between the two side knobs. It measures 34.7mm in length, and the width across the side knobs is 14.77mm. There is a bar of transverse moulding below the side knobs. The surface is corroded but traces of a white metal coating are visible. The leg is plain, and the foot knob and catchplate are intact. The brooch weighs 2.79g. A similar brooch from Colchester is illustrated in Crummy, 1983, no.30, and dates to the first century AD. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Carr, Jane - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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