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Description: | A fragment from the head of a copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative double pierced lug brooch. The lower half of the bow, catchplate and pin are missing due to old breaks. It has small and undecorated semi-cylindrical wings, one of which may be incomplete at its outer edge. Attached to the rear-projecting double pierced lug at the centre of the wings is the axis bar and spring chord, as well as five surviving coils of the spring itself. The lug has a small triangular notch where it joins the bow, and extends only a short distance down the front face of the bow. The bow itself is relatively flat, oval shaped in section, undecorated and terminates in old breaks just below the wings. The entire fragment measures 16.28mm in length, 17.39mm in width, and weighs 3.47g. This is a fragment from a Roman Colchester derivative double pierced lug bow brooch. Similar examples can be noted at Roman Hacheston (see for example Blagg et al., 2004: nos. 104, 108) and indicate a 1st century AD date for the current brooch.
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