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Description: | A cast copper alloy Colchester Two-Piece brooch. The bow head and wings are incorporated together and in plan the bow head is a horizontal oval. On the reverse there is a rectangular shaped cell bordered on the sides by incomplete integral perforated semi-circular lugs. The axis bar, spring and pin are missing. The upper edge of the bow head has a trace of an integral sub-rectangular protrusion which is decorated with two transverse horizontal grooves. The bow quickly narrows beneath the bow head and is oval in section. The bow is broken above the mid point, and this break is not recent. The brooch has a light green coloured patina. It weighs 5.2g, and measures 21.71mm wide and 20.25mm long. The brooch is a Colchester Two-Piece brooch, a Trumpet-headed type. Trumpet brooches date to the 1st to 2nd century (Bayley, J. and Butcher, S. 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries p. 160-164).
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