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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative rear hook brooch. The upper half of the bow survives intact, but the rear hook, wings, spring, pin, foot and catchplate are all missing due to old breaks. From what remains of the wings it is clear that they would have been semi-cylindrical in form with a small rear facing hook at their centre. The bow is oval shaped in section and tapers towards the now missing foot. To either side are moulded grooves that run from the top of the wings down the side of the bow. At the centre of the bow is a recessed longitudinal panel that contains a pair of wavy lines in relief. The brooch measures 27.66mm in length, 10.73mm in width at head, and weighs 5.89g.
This is a fragment from the head of a Colchester derivative rear hook brooch. A similar group of brooches is published from Roman Hacheston that indicates a date range in the 1st century AD for the current example, perhaps between c.43-70 AD (Blagg et al., 2004: pp. 93-94, nos. 71-76). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Brown, Andrew | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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