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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative hinged brooch. It is missing the lower half of the brooch and the pin due to old breaks. The wings are cylindrical in form, folded over to encase the iron axis bar. At their centre is a rectangular notch where the now missing pin would originally have hinged. On the external faces of the wings can be seen traces of moulded decoration in the form of vertical flutes close to the outer edges of the wings. The bow is D-shaped in section with flat back and rounded front face. It appears undecorated, but is missing much of the outer surfaces due to corrosion and wear whilst in the ground. The entire object measures 14.25mm in length, 31.68mm in width at bow, and weighs 3.77g.This is an incomplete Roman Colchester derivative hinged brooch similar to examples from Hacheston (Blagg et al., 2004: nos. 115-116, 135). It dates to the later-1st or early-2nd century AD, c.43-120 AD.
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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