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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy Romano-British 'Colchester' two piece type brooch. Both wings are complete, flat (rather than semicylindrical) and plain. Behind the head is a lug pierced with two circular perforations. The upper perforation holds the remains of the spring coil, which has only two twists surviving. The lower hole is blocked with corrosion product. The remains of the spring coil, the chord and pin shaft is missing. Running from the head of the brooch onto the bow is a moulded crest. The bow is triangular in section. It is bevelled with a groove to each outside edge. The bow does not appear to taper, but is truncated. The lower leg, foot and catchplate are entirely missing. The reverse is plain. All break edges are worn suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The original surface survives in patches with a dark green patina. Exposed surfaces are lighter green. The brooch has a surviving length of 17.7mm, is 17.1mm wide across the wings, is 5.3mm wide across the bow and weighs 2.03g. This type of brooch dates from 50-70AD. Examples of this type of brooch 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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