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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Colchester type two-piece brooch of 1st century AD date.The head has two decorative vertical grooves at each end and a flat underside. At the centre of the underside is a perforated lug into which the now missing axis bar would have fitted. The remaining three coils of the spring are held in place by an external chord which passes through a rearward lug on top of the head. The rearward lug extends downwards into a tapering ridge. The bow is of semi-circular section and tapers towards the foot, where there is a central ridge. The bottom of the foot is squared off and there is a decorative transverse moulding a short distance up. The catchplate, which is complete, has a rolled top edge and, at the top, extends smoothly into the bow.The brooch measures 54.4mm long, 23.6mm wide and 19.4mm deep. The weight is 11.48g.
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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