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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Roman Colchester type two-piece brooch, missing the majority of the coil, pin and part of the catchplate, including the curl. The brooch has a pitted surface with no remaining patina while the spring gear has a shiny smooth dark green/ brown patina. All that remains of the spring gear is the cord, held in place by a forward facing hook, and below to one side three-and-a-bit coils, ending in a point and to the other side the cord os bent out of place. Interestingly, here you can see file marks on the inside edge of the cord that presumably wouldn't have been seen when the cord was not bent out of shape, or perhaps the rest of the cord originally had filing marks and these have been worn away by the fabric of the clothes. The wingspan of the brooch is 19.2mm and the wings are flat and rectangular bein max 5.2mm high. To the reverse two hooks curve forwards, one onto the bow, the other behind the first. The bow is oval in section (6.3x4.3mm below the wings) and long (82mm), narrowing to a point. The catchplate extends to the rear from this point to a point c.40mm along the bow. Much of the catchplate is damaged but enough survives to show it was openwork, probably with two open areas. Length 87mm, weighs 15.20g. 1st century. | 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: | 1
100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Katie Hinds | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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