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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy two-piece Colchester derivative brooch of Roman date (43-100AD).
The brooch is incomplete and the bow is broken. The bow of the brooch has a curved (comma shaped) profile, and has a D shaped cross section. It is 20.3mm long, 6.7mm wide and 10.7mm thick. The body of the brooch tapers from a thick rounded head to where it has been broken. The rounded head of the brooch is partially hollow with a sub oval depression in the rear of the head. The wings project at 90 degrees from the bow. They are sub-rectangular in plan, but have a D shaped profile, with a cast concave depression on the back. The projecting wings measure 5.4mm long, 21.7mm wide, and 3.9mm thick. Both the wings and the body of the broosch have been heavily abraded in the plough soil. The brooch weighs 5.58 grams.
The spring mechanism, axis bar, and pin of the brooch are not present. It is possible that a spring mechanism might have been attached by a rearward facing hook. A small broken projection is present in the centre of the wings, which suggests that there might once have been a hook that has been lost due to abrasion. There are also slight ridges or partial perforations in the end plates of the brooch which have been badly eroded. This suggests the presence of an axis bar which would have held the spring. There are no wing caps on the brooch.
The catch plate and foot of the brooch are not present.
There is little or no decoration visible on this brooch. Any decoration once present has been eroded by a combination of corrosion and abrasion.
The brooch is of a mid-dark green brown colour with an even abraded patina that covers all the surfaces of the body and also on the wings. The break in the bow is old and has been covered by the same patination. The brooch has been abraded and rolled in the plough soil so much of the original surface has been lost. Also there are patches of old corrosion which have eaten into the surface of the brooch leaving some areas heavily pitted. | 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: | 43
100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Peter Reavill | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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