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Description: | Incomplete cast copper-alloy Late Iron Age to early Roman Colchester brooch dating to 25-60AD. The wings of the brooch are incomplete, but would have been short and flat. The forward facing hook is incomplete and there is a small stub of the integral pin at the bottom of the rear of the head. The integral spring coil and pin are missing. The rectangular sectioned bow extends from the wings almost at a right angle and then bends inwards quite strongly. As the bow tapers it becomes more circular in section. It is truncated and the lower leg, foot and catchplate of the brooch are entirely missing. The brooch has a red/brown patina. Break edges are worn, suggesting damage occurred in antiquity. The brooch is 25mm long, 7.2mm wide across the wings, 3.2-4.2mm wide across the bow, 3mm thick at the bow and weighs 2.18g. An example of a similar brooch can be seen in Crummy, 1983, The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-9, 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: | 25
60 | 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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