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Description: | A cast copper Roman Colchester Two-Piece Brooch. The wings are semi-cylindrical with wing caps. The caps each have a small central hole which holds the copper alloy axis bar in place. Around the axis bar the iron spring is wound. The coils are all incomplete and it is difficult to count the number of coils. The pin is also missing. There is a down-turned hook, which is integral to the centre of the wings and bow head edge. This hook originally held the horizontal bar of the spring in place, but the bar is now missing. The bow head is hump-like in profile. The bow head and bow are undecorated. The bow tapers towards blunt foot. On the reverse of the bow, the catchplate is missing. The surface of the brooch has patches of a dark grey/green patina. The brooch is in a fair condition, but incomplete. It measures 21.21mm across the wings and 43.63mm long. It weighs 12g. The brooch is a Polden Hill type, which probably dates to the mid 1st century into the 2nd (Bayley and Butcher, 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries). Bayley and Butcher go on to comment that the distribution of Polden Hill brooches is concentrated in the West Midlands.
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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