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Description: | Fragment of copper alloy mid 1st century Romano-British ?Colchester type? brooch. This fragment represents the head and bow of the brooch. The wings survive intact and are semicylindrical. The brooch appears to have been bent at some point, as the wings no longer sit straight across in relation to the bow. Behind the head is a lug with two perforations, now blocked with corrosion product. The spring coil and pin shaft are entirely missing. Running from the head onto the bow is a very slight crest. The bow is oval in section, flattened and tapers. It is decorated with a centrally grooved line. The bow is truncated and the break point, though not fresh, is not worn smooth, suggesting damage occurred in the more recent past. The object is abraded and the original surface of the brooch is missing. The exposed surface now has a mid green patina with patches of lighter green. The fragment is 21.7mm long, 14.04mm wide across the wings, 5.5mm wide across the bow,3.14mm thick and weighs 1.77g. | 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: | 50
80 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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