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Description: | A Colchester type, one-piece copper-alloy Roman brooch from the 1st Century AD. This brooch is almost complete; it is only missing part of the catchplate and the pin. The pin has broken off of the spring; the pin would have been integral to the spring forming part of the fourth turn from the left on the reverse. The brooch has a spring type mechanism; with the pin extending from the middle of the spring down, if the pin were still intact it would have extended down from this point to meet the catchplate. The spring has eight turns, which are held in position on the pin bar. The middle two turns are not joined, one acts as the beings of the pin the other joins the spring to the wings. The end turns extend to form an external chord over the top of the spring. The end turn on the left is broken, so it is not joined to the chord. This chord is then held onto the main body of the brooch (on the wings) by a small hook. The wings are short and flat and have grooved designs cut into them parallel to the bow. The bow is slender and undecorated (apart from two small ring and dot motifs at the top of the bow - one above the other), tapering to the end with the catchplate. There is no foot-knob on the end of the bow. Only part of the catchplate survives. The width measurement given below relates to the width across the spring, as this is the widest point of the brooch. The length measurement relates to the entire length of the brooch. The width across the 'wings' is only 19.52mnm. The brooch has been coated in a lacquer so it is difficult to see if there is any loss of surface. The brooch is otherwise undecorated and is dark brownish-green in colour. The brooch is in a very good condition. A similar example can be seen in Hattatt, 2000, pp296, no. 249-250. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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