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Description: | A fragment of a cast copper alloy Colchester Two Piece probable Polden Hill brooch, dating from the 1st/ 2nd century, between AD 43 ? 200 (length: 31mm; width at head: 18mm; thickness/ depth: 12.5mm; weight: 7.95g). Only the top of the brooch remains with the incomplete head still present and possible crescent-shapes appendages to either side (clearly visible to the left of the head), which would have originally encompassed the wings. The wings are also completely missing. The incomplete bow of the brooch tapers to a broken point 17mm below the head and less than half way down the bow when the brooch would have been originally been complete. There is no surviving decoration down the front of the brooch. At the back of the artefact, none of the spring or hinge mechanism remains leaving a hollow cusp/ recession instead. Overall, the brooch is in a very worn and corroded condition with a patchy dark green patina although very little of the original surface remains. | 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: | 43
200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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