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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy, one piece ?Colchester? type Romano-British brooch. The wings of the brooch are complete but worn to both sides. The forward facing hook is truncated and worn. Behind the head of the brooch, below the remains of the forward facing hook, is a short downward facing ?hook? that is presumably the remains of the integral spring coil. The spring coil and pin shaft are otherwise entirely missing. The bow is subcircular in section with a flattened behind. It is complete and ends in a blunt point. It is now bent with a ninety degree down turn at the top. The catchplate is entirely missing. The brooch has a predominantly brown patina with patches of light green. All break edges are worn smooth suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The width of the wings is 8.24mm. The bow is 3.34mm wide at the broadest point. The brooch is 33.72mm long and weighs 2.72g. Brooches of this type date from 20-50AD. An example can be seen in Crummy 1983,The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester, figure 6, number 38. | 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: | 20
50 | 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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