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Description: | Incomplete miniture cast copper alloy 1st century AD brooch of Colchester one piece type dating to c.30-70 AD. The spring, pin and part of the catchplate are missing and it has been deliberately bent. The wings are complete, 8.9mm wide and triangular in plan with a wide base narrowing to the ends. The overhead chord hook is complete but the spring and pin is lost due to old breaks with only half of the first loop of the integral spring remaining. The front of the bow is decorated with two incised lines running down the entire lengh with a third incised line between them at the widest point. The bow is rectangular in cross section at the head and oval at the foot. It tapers gradually from 3.8mm wide at the head to the foot where it finishes in a rounded point. It is 2.5mm thick thoughout its length up to the junction with the catchplate. The bow has been bent around 270 degrees until the head meets the foot so the original curviture is unclear. The catch plate is solid, 6.7mm long, 4.2mm wide and 0.5mm thick with the bent over catch missing from old breaks. The brooch in total, as bent, is 16.8mm long, 12.7mm wide and weighs 1.76 grams. It has a mid to light green patina. Colchester one pieces are relatively common in this area but this is an unusually small example, possibly a deliberately made 'miniture' which was used as a toy or votive although the remaining sections suggest it could also function as a brooch.
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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