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Description: | Copper alloy brooch, Colchester type. Missing most of pin, damaged catchplate and foot; very corroded. The spring has 10 turns. The wings curve slightly around the spring (in contrast to the standard Colchester flat wings) and have traces of vertical groovesThe top of the bow is very angular, joining at 90 degrees at the top. The bow is flat backed with a rounded front and tapers to a damaged point. There is a slight centre rib surviving and the possibility of flanking grooves. The catchplate stub suggests multiple piercing. Width 18mm, surviving length 35mm.
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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