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Description: | A copper-alloy Colchester type two-piece brooch of 1st century date.The head consists of a half cylinder with a perforated lug at the centre of the underside, which holds the axis bar. The spring is slightly damaged on one side, comprises approximately ten coils of wire and has an external chord which passes through a rearward lug. The pin is broken. The display side of the wings is undecorated apart from a single vertical ridge adjacent to the bow. The bow itself has a well defined central ridge, which extends to the foot and has two lower, flanking ridges. The foot is squared off. The catchplate is complete, has an outer lip, a pin notch within its upper edge and a triangular perforation. The brooch measures 27.4mm high, 18.7mm wide and 11.1mm deep. The weight is 5.65g.
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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