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Description: | An incomplete and corroded cast copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative brooch, possibly of Polden Hill or dolphin type. The brooch is broadly T shaped in profile, and consists of a head and bow, attached to a transverse crossbar. The cross bar has incomplete wings, which are curved in profile, with the front concave and the reverse convex. The pin mechanism would have been secured within the wings (e.g. see ??Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection??, Bayley and Butcher, 2004, figure 20). The transverse wings are attached to the head and bow. The bow has a D shaped profile, with a flat side on the reverse of the brooch. The bow is arched in profile and tapers towards the broken base. There is no catchplate, against which the spring would have been secured. The foot at the base of the bow is missing.
There are areas on the brooch with a brown patina, but much of the original surface has been lost and is now recessed and pitted with a light green appearance which covers the breaks. A linear groove runs down the centre of the bow where the brown surface is most visible. No other decoration is visible. The brooch is 29.3mm long and 18.3mm wide. It has a mass of 7.7g.
The brooch is a Colchester derivative brooch or development from the series (circa. first to second century AD). The curved almost comma shaped head and bow suggest that this may possibly be a Polden Hill (c.AD75-c.AD175) or dolphin type (c.AD43-c.AD100) brooch. Dates are based on Worrell??s ??Brooch Timeline?? (2007). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Slarke, Duncan - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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