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Description: | A corroded, damaged and incomplete cast copper-alloy Colchester brooch dating to the late Iron Age to early Roman period, c. 25-65 AD. This is a large one-piece example with rearward facing hook at the top of the head. This hook would have retained the external chord of the spring; this has been lost along with the spring and integral pin. Below the hook is a mass of orange corrosion product, presumably all that remains of the (iron) axis bar. Above the spring are two flat wings; one is slightly truncated, while the other is bent. They measure 16.6mm across both. The bow is semicircular in cross-section with a flat lower surface. It tapers from a maximum width of c. 4.7mm to c. 3.7mm at the catch-plate end. The bow has been bent in on itself around halfway along its length. The catch-plate is highly abraded; the ragged web extends for 34.9mm up the bow. The artefact has corroded to a red-brown colour and is mostly covered with areas of mid-light green corrosion product.
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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