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Description: | The object is a fragment of a Roman brooch, made from cast copper alloy. The wings of the brooch are sub semi-cylindrical, which terminate with wing caps. However the wings are not ?C? shaped in profile, instead there is a narrow back plate, and is therefore barley cylindrical. This appears to be intentional, rather than the edges of the wings being abraded. The caps have a central hole in each, which supports the axis bar. Around the axis bar the spring is coiled eight times, with the ninth coil being missing. The spring does curve upwards forming a horizontal bar, however only half of this bar remains. The pin is missing. The bow head is not hump-like, instead it is rectangular in section and protrudes at a flat angle from the wings. In the centre, at the upper edge of the bow head there is an integral lug which supports the horizontal bar of the spring. The bow is broken just below the head, break of the bow suggests originally the bow and bow head formed an inverted ?L? shape in profile. The surface of the brooch has traces of tinning or silvering, otherwise it has a dark green abraded patina. At the junction of the bow head and the upper edge of the wings is a small integral. It measures 16.32mm long from the upper hook to the bow break, and 16.34mm wide across the wings. It weighs 2.89g.
The brooch is a Colchester Two-Piece; which probably dates to the 1st to 2nd century AD. | 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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