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Description: | A Late Iron Age to early Roman copper alloy 'Colchester' type brooch (early - mid 1st century AD). The brooch has a small crossbar protecting the spring, part of one side of the crossbar is missing as is the spring and the pin. A hook is present at the top of the bow that would have held the external chord of the spring. The bow has a semi-circular cross-section and is undecorated; it tapers to a point and there is no footknob. Only the remains of the catch-plate are present and they indicate that the catch-plate extends approximately 35mm up the bow. Post-depositional damage has caused the brooch to be roughly curled round. Traces of a pale green patina remain on the copper alloy but the majority surface shows the red brown base metal. Dimensions: length: 50.70mm; width of wings: 12.89mm; width of bow: 4.34mm; thickness: 3.27mm; weight: 6.40g. Reference: Bayley, J. and Butcher, S. 2004. Roman Brooches in Britain. The Society of Antiquaries, London. Pp. 60-62; 148-149.
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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