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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Colchester brooch, dating from the late Iron Age to early Roman period (15-60 AD). In length, from the upper edge of the bow head to the foot of the bow it is 50.1mm, and the width across the wings is 11.3mm. It weighs 6.91g. The wings are rectangular in plan. Protruding from the centre of the upper edge there is a forward hook which secures the external chord of the spring. Only three coils of the spring now survives. The spring is coiled around an iron axis bar. The pin is missing. The bow is sub-oval in section and is undecorated. It tapers to a point. The catchplate is abraded and mainly missing.
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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