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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative hinged brooch. It is missing its foot and pin due to old breaks. The wings are folded to produce a cylindrical form that encases the iron axis bar. At the centre of the wings is a rectangular slot through which the now missing pin would originally have hinged. The front faces of the wings have moulded decoration consisting of raised vertical bands with cross-hatching, one positioned at the end of each wing and a second band at the middle of each wing. The bow is set at an angle of ninety degrees to the wings and has very little curvature. It is triangular in section, tapering towards the now missing foot. The front face of the bow has moulded decoration comprising a central ridge with faint cross hatching towards its base and fluting to either side. The back face is flat and undecorated but shows signs of post-depositional damage and pale green corrosive products. It measures 30.10mm in length, 30.15mm in width, 7.37mm in width at bow, 3.57mm in thickness at bow, and weighs 6.04g.This is a Roman Colchester derivative hinged brooch that finds a close parallel with a published example from Hacheston (Blagg et al., 2004: no. 123). It is of 1st to 2nd century AD date, 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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