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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Romano-British two piece ?Colchester type? brooch. The wings on this brooch are complete, semicylindrical and plain. Behind the head of the brooch is a lug with two circular perforations. The lower perforation holds the spring, which is complete with six coils. The upper perforation holds the complete external cord. The pin shaft is entirely missing. A slight crest runs from the head of the brooch onto the bow of the brooch and extends along the brooch as a broad, flat rib. The bow is flattened in section. It extends into a tapering leg that is truncated before the foot. The reverse of the brooch is plain. As the brooch is truncated, the catchplate is entirely missing. The original surface of the object mostly survives with an even mid green patina. Exposed surfaces are lighter green. Break edges are worn, suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The brooch is 18.66mm long, is 16.46mm wide across the wings, 5.9mm wide across the bow and weighs 3.56g. Brooches of this type date from 50-70AD. Examples are illustrated in Crummy 1983, The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-9, figure 6. | 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
70 | 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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