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Description: | A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy Colchester brooch dating to the late Iron Age to early Roman period, c. 25-65 AD. This is a one-piece example with a broken and now vestigial rearward facing hook at the top of the head. This hook would have held the external chord of the spring; this latter, along with the pin, broken just below the head, is now missing. Below the hook there are two flat wings which survive highly abraded (W. across wings: 9.9mm). From the head to the bow the brooch turns through ninety degrees. The bow is ?sub-oval in cross-section. It tapers from the head to catchplate end, where it now forms a rounded point. It is possibly bent above the catchplate, accentuating the bow's curvature. The catchplate itself is highly abraded: a slight line only remains. The artefact has corroded to a red-brown colour with large areas of green corrosion product all over.
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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