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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Colchester type two-piece brooch of 1st century date.
The wings have a recessed underside containing four or five coils of the spring. The pin and axis bar are absent and there is a damaged rearward lug. The humped bow is of circular section and tapers to a point at the foot. Extending the length of the bow is a central ridge. Only a remnant of the catchplate survives. The brooch is bent and corroded.
The artefact measures 36.6mm long, 24.4mm wide (wings) and 16.9mm deep. The weight is 7.48g. | Subjects: | Colchester Two-piece | 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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