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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy 1st century AD, Colchester derivative brooch.
The brooch would have had a spring mechanism, held in place by an external chord. The spring and the chord are missing. The spring and the chord would have been held in place via two holes drilled into the reverse of the head. These holes remain in situ, but are filled with corrosion product.
The pin does not survive.
The head proper of the brooch comprises the short wings (badly damaged), which the spring would have sat behind. The short bow then extends downwards from the head and tapers to the foot (also damaged and broken). A ridge decorates the upper part of the bow. It is flanked on either side by shallower ridges, these run parallel down the edges of the bow. The main ridge extends down the front of the bow, like a spine.
The bow terminates with the foot which is undecorated and simple. The foot appears to have been broken. The catchplate does not survive.
The reverse of the brooch is undecorated, but a shallow groove runs down the reverse of the brooch. The surface of the metal is slightly pitted.
This type of brooch dates from the 1st century AD.
This brooch is similar to examples in Hattatt, 2000, p296-7, Fig: 155-6. | 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 | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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