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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Romano-British two piece 'Colchester type' brooch. The wings on this fragment are complete and semicylindrical. They are decorated with a vertical grooved line to either side of the head. Behind the head of the brooch is a lug with two circular perforations. This holds the complete spring coil, with five coils to both side and the external cord. The pin shaft is entirely missing. A small crest runs from the head of the brooch onto the bow of the brooch. The bow is triangular in section. It extends into an even width leg that ends complete without a foot knob. The bow and leg are decorated with a double raised line that runs the entire length of the brooch. The reverse of the brooch is plain. The solid catchplate survives with the curl intact and a grooved recess for the pin. The original surface of the object survives with an even mid green patina. The fragment is 21.28mm wide across the wings, 6.04mm wide across the bow. The fragment has a length of 32.66mm and weighs 5.63g. 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.
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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