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Description: | A copper-alloy Roman brooch. Colchester type two-piece brooch of 1st century AD date. The object is incomplete, bent and corroded. It measures 14.9mm wide at the head and is recessed on the reverse in order to take the spring, only a trace of which remains within the central hole. There is a rearward hook on top of the head which would have held the external chord of the spring. The bow has a central vertical ridge and tapers in width, from 5.7mm wide at the top. It is 1.7mm thick. The foot is rounded and the catchplate is fully intact. Overall, the piece measures 33.4mm high and weighs 3.12g. | 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: | 1
100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Julian Watters | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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