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Description: | A complete cast copper alloy 1st century AD, Colchester derivative brooch. The surface of the brooch has been tinned. The brooch has a spring mechanism, held in place by an external chord. The external chord has in turn been held in place by a copper alloy wire which extends around the entire spring and has been cast integrally onto the head of the brooch. The spring has seven turns (including the pin and the chord). The pin survives to its full length.
The head proper of the brooch comprises the short wings, which the spring sits behind. The short bow then extends downwards from the head and tapers to the foot. A series of four ridges decorate the upper part of the bow. The two central ridges have been further decorated by parallel horizontal lines. The lower part of the bow has been decorated with a groove down the centre, again the ridges either side of the groove have been decorated with parallel horizontal incised lines.
The bow terminates with the foot which is undecorated and simple. Behind the foot an openwork catchplate still survives. An irregular, crude shape has been cut out of the catchplate. The reverse of the brooch is undecorated. The surface of the metal is slightly pitted and corroded.
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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