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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Colchester type two-piece brooch of 1st century AD date.The head measures 14.4mm wide and is slightly damaged on one side. At the centre of the head's flat underside is a perforated lug which would have originally held the now-missing axis bar. Three coils of the spring remain, held in place by an external chord which passes through a rearward lug on top of the head. The pin is missing. The bow tapers in width from top to bottom; it has a central ridge and, on each vertical edge, a lower flange. There is an unperforated, but damaged, catchplate and the foot is squared off.The brooch measures 46mm high and 12.2mm deep. The weight is 5.51g.
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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