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Description: | A copper-alloy Roman bow brooch of colchester derivative with double pierced lug type, the brooch is now in two halves due to an old break across the centre of the bow, it is otherwise complete apart from missing its pin. The lug at the back of the wings has two holes, one carried the spring cord and the lower on the axis bar. The wings are sem-cylindrical and undecorated. The spring has 11 coils. The bow has a D-shaped section and a central longitudinal ridge running down it. The catchplate has a deep pin rest and a triangular hole. This brooch measures 59.61mm in length and 30.18mm in width. | Subjects: | colchester derivative with double pierced lug | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Minter, Faye - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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