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Description: | Incomplete Colchester one-piece brooch of copper alloy. The top of the head survives, as does much of the spring and cord. The pin, some of the cross bar and most of the bow are missing and the surface of the brooch is corroded so very little patina remains. It measures 17(incomplete)x17.5mm and weighs 2.77g.
The spring arises from the back of the brooch head. The wire spirals towards the left side (as viewed from the front of the brooch as seen in the photograph) and returns to the right side, making the cord, before spiraling into the centre of the head. The free end, now missing, would have formed the pin. In total there are 8 turns to the spring. The cord is held by a hook at the top of the bow, which like the sping/pin, is part of the same metal as the brooch head.
Both crossbars are damaged. Along the centre of the bow is a line of decoration, possibly of punch marks. There may also be an incised line along each edge of the bow.
These brooches are most common through the middle of the 1st century AD (Bayley and Butcher 2004, pp. 148-150). | 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
75 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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