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Description: | The object is a Colchester Two-Piece Brooch, further classification is not possible. The brooch probably dates to the 1st to 2nd century AD. It is made from cast copper alloy.
The wings of the brooch appear to have been originally semi-cylindrical when looking at their diameter in profile. The upper lower, and terminal edges are all abraded and incomplete. One wing has a vertical linear groove visible as decoration. The spring, axis bar and pin are all missing. The bow head is hump-like and undecorated. It forms an inverted rounded ?L? shape in profile with the wings. The bow is sub semi-circular in section, and decorated with a groove running along one edge. The groove has fine ribbing in the centre. Presumably there was originally a matching groove along the other edge, but the surface has been abraded. The bow is incomplete, towards the foot the bow is broken. This break is not recent. The catchplate therefore is also missing. The surface of the brooch has a patchy dark green shiny patina.
The brooch measures 34.86mm long from the wings to the bow break, and 22.08mm wide across the wings. It weighs 7.1g. | 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: | 200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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