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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy 1st century AD brooch of Colchester one piece type dating to c.30-70 AD. The head is incomplete. The wings are, like the rest of the brooch, corroded and are now 11.5mm wide with the spring projecting beyond them to 13.9mm wide. The overhead chord hook is complete and holds the remains of the chord. One side of the spring, consisting of two and a half turns and the chord, remains but the rest is lost to an old break. The bow is oval in cross section and tapers gradually from 5.2mm wide by 2.8mm thick at the head to the foot where it finishes in a point. The bow rises at 90 degrees to the head, then curves over in a gradual curve before running in a straight line to the foot. The catch pice is mostly lost due to old damage. It is 43.2mm long, 18.1mm thick and weighs 4.98 grams. It has a reddish brown patina with patchs of green.
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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