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Description: | A complete copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative brooch. The bow is tapered with a central vertical rib and two side ribs. The wings are semi-circular in section and are decorated with two groups of three vertical ridges. A pierced lug in the centre of the head accommodates a wire for the spring mechanism, which passes through another lug in the centre of the wings. The spring survives with six turns each side leading to a complete copper alloy pin.
The catchplate is trapezoidal in shape and decorated on the reverse edge with three ridges above a section with incised chevrons. The composition of the alloy used for the brooch appears to differ from that used for this pin, being more grey in colour. | 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
100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rosalind Tyrrell | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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