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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Romano-British two piece 'Colchester type' brooch. One of the wings on this brooch is almost complete, semicylindrical and plain. The other is truncated. Behind the head of the brooch is a lug with two circular perforations, both of which are damaged and bisected. The spring and pin shaft are entirely missing. A slight crest runs from the head of the brooch onto the bow of the brooch and extends along the brooch as a mid rib. The bow is subtriangular in section. It extends for only a fraction of the length of the leg, before it is truncated. The rest of the brooch is entirely missing. The reverse of the brooch is plain. The original surface of the object is heavily abraded and it has a mid green patina with patches of bright green. Break edges are worn, suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The brooch is 13.02mm long, is 14.34mm wide across the surviving wing and head, 6.5mm wide across the bow and weighs 1.32g. 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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