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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman hinged T-shaped or Colchester derivative tapering bow brooch. The bow is D-shaped in section and tapers towards the missing foot. It has a moulded knurled crest extending from the head and tapering towards the lower bow. This crest is defined by raised moulding in the form of rectangular bosses. The crest probably did not extend to the foot, which is missing, as the bosses flatten out towards the end of the broken bow, but it is too corroded to be sure.Most of the tubular wings and the lower part of the bow have corroded away. The backs of the wings and head have also corroded away to reveal the copper alloy axial rod and the top part of the hinged pin, set into the back of the head. The rest of the pin and the catchplate are missing. The length of what remains of the brooch is 22 mm; width of the bow is 11 mm; thickness of bow is 8 mm; width of wings is 15.5 mm. It weighs 4.4g.AD 1st-2nd centuryHattatt (2000) illustrates a similar T-shaped brooch on page 302, Fig.161, No.394, which is dated from the 1st to the 2nd century AD. Bishop (1996) illustrates a similar Colchester derivative bow brooch on page 51, Fig.30, No.307.
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