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Description: | An incomplete cast and wrought copper alloy Colchester derivative two-piece brooch of Early Roman date (c. AD 50 - c. AD 75). Overall length 57.0mm, maximum width 14.0mm. Weight 6.27g. The coiled spring, the pin, most of the axis bar and the catch-plate are missing.The brooch is long and slender. Small diminutive wings are fully intact and have an overall width of 14.0mm. These afforded some protection for the missing spring mechanism. At the head of the brooch there is a stub, representing the remains of a forward projecting hook that would have retained an external chord (now missing). At the rear of the wings there are the vestigial remains of an iron axis bar. The bow is complete and projects forwards for a short distance before turning downwards at an angle of 90°. It is roughly oval in cross-section, tapering evenly throughout its length and terminating with a sharp point. It has a maximum width, close to the head, of about 6.3mm. The lower part of the bow is now bent to the rear, the bend occurring close to the position of the top of the catch-plate. This damage is probably old. The catch-plate has not survived but a stub reveals its former presence. The brooch has no patina and the surface colour of the metal is reddish.A discussion relating to Colchester derivative brooches is published in Bayley and Butcher 2004, 155-57. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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