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Description: | A fragment of a cast copper alloy Roman brooch. The wings are semi-cylindrical with incomplete and abraded terminals. The axis bar, spring/hinge and pin are all missing. The wings are decorated with a triangular cell filled with blue enamel which is incomplete. The bow head is hump-like in profile, but is quite triangular. The bow head and bow is decorated with an oval shaped cell which originally probably had a setting in it. The cell now has traces of a light mint/green coloured substance. The bow head tapers gradually to form the bow which is oval in section. The bow is broken below the head, the break is not recent. The brooch has traces of a mid green patina, otherwise the surface is abraded. It measures 25.34mm long, 19.29mm wide and weighs 7g. The brooch is a Colchester Two-Piece brooch, which cannot be confidently narrowed down further. It probably dates to the mid 1st to 2nd centuries.
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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