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Description: | Incomplete Roman cast copper alloy brooch. The spring, pin, foot and catchplate are missing from this Colchester B type brooch. The brooch has very wide wings (34.86mm wide) decorated with concentric grooves. The bow has a central double rib. There is a double pierced lug which would have held the external chord and the axis bar. The object has a brown patina. Length 32.37mm, thickness 4.4 to 11.22mm, weight 10.3g. Dated circa AD50-80.cf Hattatt, 1987 'Brooches of Antiquity', page 88
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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