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Description: | Fragment of cast, copper alloy Romano-British two piece 'Colchester type' brooch. The wings on this fragment are severely truncated but appear to have been semicylindrical. Behind the head of the brooch is the remains of the double lug, that originally had two perforations one on top of the other. Only a portion of the lower part of the lower lug survives. The spring and pin are entirely missing. Running from the head of the brooch onto the bow is a pronounced crest. The bow is truncated just beneath the crest and nothing else of the brooch remains, however it is possible to see that the bow was subtriangular in section. The original surface of the object survives with a mid green patina.Break edges are worn smooth suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The fragment is 9.24mm wide across the wings and 4.24mm wide across the bow. The fragment has a surviving length of 14.1mm and weighs 1.25g. Brooches of this type date from AD 50-70. Examples are illustrated in Crummy, 1983, The Roman small finds from Colchester, figure 6.
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