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Description: | Fragment of a Colchester Two-Piece brooch of Polden Hill type. The brooch dates to the Roman period or 1st century AD (50 ? 75 AD). The brooch is made of cast copper alloy.
All that remains of the brooch is the bow head and a short portion of the bow. In plan, the brooch has narrow semi-cylindrical wings with caps on each end. Each wing is decorated by two longitudinalal grooves which are approximately 2.8mm apart. In profile the bow head (e.g. wings and caps) are very small and narrow. The wings caps are sub-oval in shape, with single perforation just off centre in each, through which the ends of a copper alloy axis bar can be seen. One cap is complate while the other is not. The spring is made of cast copper alloy. It has an external overhead chord and is slightly damaged. Nine complete turns of the spring still survive. A tenth is also present but this has broken away from the main body of the spring. The pin is missing. In the centre of the bow head, at the junction of the wings is a single rearward facing lug, which secures the external chord. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section and is very narrow. In profile the bow is an inverted L-shape, rising from the side of the wings, before a quick downturn to a blunt point. The rest of the bow is missing due to a break above the catchplate.
The brooch is a mid matt green colour and in a poor condition. It is heavily abraded all over and has retained none of its original patina. The width of the brooch across the wings is 28.8mm and the length from the wings to the foot is 20.9mm. The thickness of the head is 13.4mm and its weight is 6.0g. | 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
75 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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