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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy one piece Roman Colchester brooch. The wings of the brooch are short, flat and complete. At the head of the brooch is a complete forward facing hook that still holds the external cord of the spring. The spring is damaged, so that there are four complete spring coils to one side and only one surviving coil to the extreme end of the other. Presumably when complete there were eight coils in total. The pin shaft is entirely missing. The bow of the brooch is sub-circular in section, with a slight flattening to the back, which is more obvious towards the head. It tapers to a pointed foot. The very tip of the foot is now bent backwards. The catchplate is severely damaged and little remains except for a raised, jagged line of metal. The original surface of the brooch is damaged. Where it survives it is abraded with a dark green patina. Subsequently exposed surfaces are light green and brown in colour and heavily abraded. It is impossible to tell if the brooch had any decoration. Worn break edges suggest damage occurred in antiquity. The object measures 20.12mm across the wings, 23.6mm across the spring and 6.7mm across the widest point of the bow. The bow is 5.56mm at its thickest point. The brooch is 68.5mm long and weighs 16.41g. Brooches of this type date from AD15-60. A close parallel is illustrated in Crummy, 1983, figure 6, number 38.
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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