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Description: | A cast copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative brooch with a double lug spring attachment. The brooch has been cast in copper alloy. The remaining part of the brooch consists of an almost complete bow, complete wings and part of the external chord and the spring mechanism. The bow is short and tapering, with a raised ridge running down its spine. The section is sub-rectangular (with a raised spine). The wings survive almost in full but are worn. The edge of the right wing has broken off; the break is worn. The spring mechanism partially survives, and has a coil of three turns on the left and one on the right. The surviving fragment of wire sits parallel to the wings, and rests inside the loop on top of the wings. The axis bar remains and is of copper alloy. The remains of the catch plate are triangular; the edges are worn and thinned. The pin is also obviously missing. The metal is worn and the surface is pitted. The metal has a light greyish-green colour. This brooch is similar to examples in Hattatt, 2000, pp297, Fig. 156.
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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