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Description: | Fragment of a Roman cast copper alloy brooch. The upper section only of a Colchester B type, cast in two pieces. It is missing the lower part of the bow, half of the spring, pin and catchplate. The top of the bow has a central ridge. Dated AD 50-80. 22.6mm wide (the width of the wings) and 17.35mm long. Weight 4.8g. It has a mid green patina with light green corrosion product on the insde of the wings. cf Crummy, N 1983 'Roman Small Finds From Excavations in Colchester 1971-9', Fig 6, no. 48.
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