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Description: | A cast copper alloy probable Roman brooch. Only the bow remains of the brooch. In plan and section the upper portion is rectangular. The upper edge is broken, but not recently. This portion of the bow is decorated by a column of vertical cells. The lower edge of the bow has a narrowed collar decorated with transverse ridges before the bow is narrowed with an inverted elongated triangle which is oval in section. The reverse of this portion of the bow has the remains of a catchplate. The lower terminal of the bow is also broken. The surface of the bow is abraded and has patches of red copper corrosion. The brooch measures 27.86mm long and 7.18mm wide. It weighs 1.8g.
The brooch is probably a Colchester Two-Piece brooch. The type is uncertain, but probably dates to the first to second centuries. | 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: | 200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Angie Bolton | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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