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Description: | A corroded and incomplete cast copper-alloy Colchester brooch dating to the late Iron Age to early Roman period (c. 25 - c. 60 AD). A one-piece example, it retains its rearward facing hook at the top of the head. The hook holds the external chord of the spring, now twisted round to a diagonal angle as a result of old damage. On the side from which the spring emerges are three coils. On the other side the chord has broken after the first coil and before it was going to terminate in the pin (now missing). The wings are minimal, sub-rectangular and flat; they do not cover the whole of the extant spring coil. The curve from head through to bow goes through ninety degrees. The bow is broadly trapezoidal in cross-section. It follows a gentle arc, tapering from 4.95mm at the head, following an immediate constriction (W.: 4.25mm), to c. 1.9mm at the foot. The foot has been bent downwards at the point the catchplate begins, and down again about halfway along the catchplate. The highly abraded web extends now for c. 21mm up the leg. This brooch is red-brown in colour with some areas of mid-green corrosion product. It is seemingly plain, although the wear and corrosion makes it difficult to tell.
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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