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Description: | An incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative double pierced lug variant brooch. It is complete with the exception of the pin and part of the catchplate, which are missing due to old breaks. The brooch has semi-cylindrical wings that have single incised grooves on their exterior surfaces. The spring chord and axis bar both survive intact as does the spring, which is wrapped around the axis bar and joins the spring chord at its extremities. Five spring coils are visible to one side of the pierced lug as well as a small break presumably where the now missing pin would have once hinged. To the other side of the lug a single coil is visible at the outer edge, however, if the spring extended further towards the lug both it and the axis bar are rendered invisible due to a moulded case that surrounds them. The casing extends from the double lug out towards the exterior edge of the wing and is joined to both the lug and the lower edge of the wing itself, with a groove beneath the casing and the spring chord visible above it. This is shaped to resemble the four missing coils of a spring on this side of the brooch. The bow itself is oval shaped in section with a slightly flattened and faceted back face and tapers towards a point at the foot of the brooch. It is decorated with an obliquely incised central rib formed as an extension of the double lug that runs the entire length of the bow and is flanked by two narrow incised grooves. On the back face of the bow is an integral and incomplete catchplate, which is triangular in profile and section with grooves to either side where it joins the bow. An offset groove or moulding is visible to one side of the catchplate as well as a very small single, circular perforation.
The brooch measures 43.32mm in length, 27.35mm in width, and weighs 13.94g.
This brooch is a Colchester derivative double pierced lug variant of 1st century AD date, with similar examples noted from Roman Hacheston (Blagg et al., 2004: nos. 82, 88) and Richborough (Bayley and Butcher, 2004: nos. 164-170). The casing/moulding on one wing where the spring should be positioned renders this example more unusual and in terms of the shape of the bow and catchplate it shares many similarities with Colchester derivative rear hook and Polden Hill brooches (see for example Blagg et al., 2004: nos. 76-77; Bayley and Butcher, 2004: nos. 207-210). This is therefore a variant of the typical double lug type. | Subjects: | Colchester derivative variant | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Brown, Andrew | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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