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Description: | An incomplete hinged Colchester-derivative brooch with a fixed headloop. The brooch has a broadly T-shaped profile, with an integral sub-circular loop on the head (the headloop). To either side of the head are the tubular horizontal side-wings of the cross bar. A copper-alloy axis-bar runs through the cross bar. This would have secured the pin in a horizontal slot behind the head. The bow has a curved profile and tapers towards the moulded foot. The front of the bow is curved (convex). The upper portion of the reverse of the bow is hollow (concave). The catchplate and complete pin-rest are attached to the lower portion of the reverse of the bow, which is flat.
The bow is decorated with recessed triangular cells and horizontal grooves. The foot is rounded. The brooch is 48.9mm long, 17.0mm wide, and 17.5mm from front to reverse. It has a mass of 8.1g. The brooch has a green surface, with a brown substance present in the more recessed portions. The bow of the brooch is slightly twisted, but other than this and the missing pin, it is in very good condition.
As a Colchester-derivative brooch with a headloop, the brooch recorded here is similar to Headstud and Thealby Mine brooches. The former, as the name suggests have headstuds and the latter are undecorated (e.g. see ??Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection??, Bayley and Butcher, 2004). In her ??Roman Brooch Timeline??, Worrell (2007) dates headstud brooches to AD75-AD200 and Thealby Mine brooches to AD100-200. On this basis, the brooch recorded here is likely to date from c. AD75-c. AD200. | Subjects: | Colchester-derivative | 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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