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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative hinged bow brooch. It is missing the pin and outer edge of the catchplate due to old breaks. The wings are folded to form a cylindrical case around the iron axis bar, with a narrow slot at the centre where the now missing pin would originally have hinged. On the front face the wings have convex mouldings close to their ends. The bow is D-shaped in section, tapering to the foot, with a central rib on the front face with shallow grooves to either side. On the back face of the foot is an integrally cast catchplate that is sub-triangular in form and terminates in old breaks at its outer edge. The entire brooch measures 42.55mm in length, 36.71mm in width at wings, 7.62mm in width at bow, 6.44mm in thickness at bow, and weighs 11.76g.This is a Roman Colchester derivative hinged brooch similar to examples from Hacheston (Blagg et al., 2004: nos. 115-116). It is of 1st-2nd century AD date, c.43-120 AD.
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