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Description: | Mid 1st-2nd Century. Copper alloy, cast, broken foot section from a fibula or bow brooch possibly a Colchester derivative. Length 20.5mm, Width 15.0mm, Thickness 3.9mm, Weight 2.3g. Foot and triangular openwork catch plate only with a single central, roughly triangular piercing. A rolled longer edge to receive the brooch attachment pin. There is a green/brown patina and some surface corrosion. Ref. Ancient Brooches & Other Artefacts, R. Hattatt, Oxbow Books 1989, Fig. 155-192 and History Beneath Our Feet, Brian Read, Anglia Publishing Ipswich 1995, page 33-34 No. 124 & 125.
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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