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Description: | A copper alloy Colchester derivative brooch with a double lug spring attachment dating to the first century AD. The brooch possesses semi-circular wings which partially enclose the spring mechanism. The spring mechanism has an overhead chord secured by means of a circular perforated lug. The pin is intact but bent. The bow is arched and triangular in section. It is characteristically humped with a crest-like rib running longitudinally for part of its length before becoming two smaller parallel ribs. The catchplate is trapezoidal in shape. The brooch measures 33mm in length and 19mm in width.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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