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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Romano-British 'Colchester' two piece brooch. The wings on this brooch are semicylindrical and almost complete, but the ends have clearly suffered some damage. Behind the head is a knop, which is the remains of the transverse lug that would have had two circular perforations that would have held the spring in place. The holes are now blocked with corrosion product and the lug damaged and worn down. The spring and pin are entirely missing but a heavily corroded fraction of the spring coil survives next to the lug. On the head of the brooch is a crest that runs onto the bow. The bow is triangular in section and decorated with a raised mid rib that has a groove running along its length. This rib is then flanked by a grooved line to either side on the very edges of the bow. It tapers towards the foot, but the very end of the foot is missing. The curled catchplate is entirely missing. The patina of the object is a creamy yellow. The break at the foot, whilst not fresh, has a darker patination and is not smoothed over, suggesting that damage occurred in the more recent past. Flashes of bright green corrosion product at the lug suggest that the spring coil may have also broken off in the more recent past. The brooch is 31.98mm long, 17.46mm wide across the remains of the wings, 8.08mm wide across the bow, 2.66mm thick and weighs 3.06g. Brooches of this type date from between 50-70AD. Examples of this type can be seen in Crummy 1983, figure 6.
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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