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Description: | A copper-alloy Colchester type brooch of 1st century AD date. The brooch is incomplete, bent and corroded.The head is narrow and is missing one of its wings; the surviving wing has a flat underside and is possibly incomplete. A damaged protusion at the centre of the underside of the head possibly represents part of the spring mechanism, or may be the perforated lug which would have held the now-missing axis bar. Above this protrusion is a damaged rearward lug. The bow is of flattened-oval section and tapers to a pointed foot. Only a remnant of the catchplate exists and the pin is also missing. The brooch measures 53.4mm long, 8.8mm wide (head) and 21.5mm deep. The weight is 6.63g.
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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