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Description: | Fragment of copper alloy Romano-British two piece 'Colchester type' brooch. The wings on this fragment are missing. Behind the head of the brooch would have been a lug with two circular perforations. This is now damaged and all that survives is an up wards facing knop that represents a fragment of the uppermost loop. The spring head and pin shaft are entirely missing. The bow is subtriangular in section and does not have a crest. The bow extends into a slightly tapering leg that is truncated before it reaches the foot. The bow is decorated with a raised moulded median ridge. Nothing survives of the catchplate. The original surface of the object survives with a brown patina. Exposed surfaces are light green. The fragment is 11.4mm wide across the remains of the head, 6.12mm wide across the bow. The fragment has a surviving length of 25.62mm and weighs 3.24g. Brooches of this type date from 50-70AD. Examples are illustrated in Crummy 1983, The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-9, figure 6.
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