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Description: | The brooch is a Colchester Two-Piece brooch, possibly a Polden Hill type, made from cast copper alloy. The width across the wings is 23.9mm and the length from the upper edge of the wings to the tip of the bow is 26.1mm. The brooch weighs 6.97g. The wings are semi-cylindrical, however due to abrasion the terminals are missing, therefore it is not certain whether there were any wing caps originally. The wings are decorated with a series of vertical mouldings which include grooves and a laddrer design. At the upper edge of the wings there is an intgral loopthrough which a fragment of iron wire remains. There is some iron staining on the interior surface of the wings. The bow head is humplike. In profile it forms a 'C' shape round the wings. The bow head is deocted with a central vertical ridge which leads from the integral loop and tapers towards the bow. Either side of this ridge there is a vertical groove. The bow is an oval shape in section. and tapers. However, the bow is incomplete and is broken just below the bow head. The break is not too recent, but the patina does not cover it. The decoration from the bow head continues down the bow. The axis bar, spring, pin, lower portion of the bow and catchplate are all missing. The surface of the brooch, is covered mainly with a brown/red coloured patina. The brooch is Roman, probably dated to the 1st to 2nd centuries.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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