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Description: | A Roman copper alloy incomplete Colchester two piece brooch of copper alloy dating to the first century AD. The head of the brooch is present as is most of the bow, the foot and catch plate are missing, broken off with old breaks. At the back of the head is a double perforated lug through which the axial bar, round which the spring is wound, and the cord pass. Part of the spring and cord are still present, although they are loose. The axial bar and pin are missing. The arms of the cross bar curve around the spring creating a C shaped cross section, they are decorated on the front with two vertical grooves and measure 29.2mm wide and 3.9mm thick. The bow emerges from the top of the cross bar, and at this point is 10mm wide. Along the centre of the bow is a ridge, making the bow roughly triangular in cross section. Either side of the peak of this is a shoulder, from which the ridge curves to the edge of the bow. The lug is visible over the top of the bow, and is separated from the peak of the ridge by a small notch. The bow survies to a lenght of 31.8mm. The brooch is similar to 872 in (Hattatt 1989) and is very similar to number 165 in Bayley and Butcher (2004 p 83). Colchester broaches are most common through the middle of the 1st century AD (Bayley and Butcher 2004, pp. 148-150).
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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