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Description: | Incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester type two-piece brooch, consisting of the wings, upper bow, damaged spring mechanism and possibly complete pin.
The wingspan is 15.6mm. The wings are C-shaped in section and house a 7-coiled spring which slightly extends beyond the span of the wings (max width 16.4mm). The axis bar passes through a central lug, and the chord curls behind the bow, under the wings, to the front of the brooch.
To the front the wings are plain. The bow extends forwards, with a wide vertical rib just in front of the lug, flanked on either side by a deep groove.
The pin survives to a length of 21.6mm. All breaks are ancient.
The incomplete brooch measures 11.8mm long and weighs 2.55g. | 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 | Creator: | Katie Hinds | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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