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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Romano-British 'Colchester' two piece type brooch. Both wings are semicylindrical, complete in length, but damaged along their sides. Both wings are plain. Behind the head is a double lug, which holds the remains of the exterior spring cord and spring coil. The spring coil survives to one side with three clear coils. Originally it probably had four coils to either side. The pin is entirely missing. Running from the head of the brooch onto the bow is a crest. Running from the crest along the entire length of the bow and leg, is a pair of parallel, raised lines. These lines are decorated with transverse grooves that run their entire length. The bow is complete, triangular in section and does not taper. It ends without a foot knob. The catchplate is complete with its curl. It is perforated with a circular hole set above a subtriangular hole. The original surface survives with an even mid green patina. There are small patches of abrasion and exposed surfaces are lighter green. The brooch has a length of 41.22mm, is 18.1mm wide across the wings, is 5.74mm wide across the bow, is 2.64mm thick and weighs 4.55g. This type of brooch dates from 50-70AD. An example of this type can be seen in Crummy 1983, The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-9, 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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