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Description: | A complete copper-alloy Roman bow brooch of colchester derivative with double pierced lug type. Measuring 51.16mm in length and 17.70mm in width. The lug at the back of the wings has two holes, the upper one carries the spring cord and the lower one the axis bar. The wings are semi-cylindrical and undecorated, although their surface is slightly faceted. The spring has seven coils, the pin is complete and tapers to a point. The bow is long, narrow and has a triangular section and a flat rib extending the line of the lug. The rib has a central groove with obliquely incised notching on either side. There is also a lightly incised line along each longitudinal edge of the bow and three transverse lines across its terminal. The catchplate has a strong groove on the inside where the pin would lie when closed, it also has one upper kidney shaped perforation and below this a triangular perforation. This brooch is very similar to another example from Hacheston in its form and decoration (Plouviez 2004, 97, fig 64, no. 105).
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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