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Description: | The brooch is a cast copper Colchester brooch. The wings are formed by a horizontal rectangular band which is abraded and undecorated. On the reverse of the wings , integral to the upper edge is a oval sectioned protrusion which tapers to a blunt point and curves upwards and forwards, forming, in profile, a 'c' shape. The lower edge of the wings has the integral spring protruding, which has two coils remaining before it is broken. The break is not too recent. The bow is hump-like in profile, but is slender and tapers down the bow. The bow is oval in section. The reverse of the lower portion of the bow has the remains of a catchplate. The surface of the brooch is abraded and has patches of a mid green/brown patina. The brooch is incomplete, missing the catchplate, spring and pin. It weighs 3.7g, and measures 10.61mm wide across the wings and 44.64mm long. Colchester One-Piece brooches are derived from continental brooches (Bayley and Butcher, 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries p. 149) dating to the early first century (25-60 AD). Hattat (Hattat, R 1985 Iron Age and Roman Brooches Oxbow) illustrates a similar brooch No. 250.
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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