|
Date: |
|
Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Colchester type two-piece brooch of 1st century date.
Each wing is decorated on its upper surface with a pair of diagonal grooves and a single vertical outer groove. The undersides of the wings are concave and at the centre is a double perforated lug for the now-missing axis bar. A vertical ridge extends from the top of the head into the bow. This ridge is segmented and it extends to the point at which the bow is broken. The foot section is missing.
The brooch measures 32.7mm long, 20.1mm wide and 12.4mm deep. The weight is 5.18g. | Subjects: | Two-piece Colchester type | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Watters, Julian - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
BROOCH
An incomplete copper-alloy Colchester type…
-
Brooch
An incomplete copper-alloy Colchester type…
-
Brooch
An incomplete copper-alloy Colchester two-piece…
-
BROOCH
A corroded, bent and incomplete…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete copper-alloy Dolphin type…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete copper-alloy Dolphin type…
-
Brooch
A copper-alloy Colchester two-piece brooch…
-
BROOCH
A copper-alloy Colchester type two-piece…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete copper-alloy Colchester type…
-
BROOCH
A copper-alloy T-shaped brooch of…
|