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Description: | Roman cast copper alloy one-piece Colchester brooch, Hull T90, c.AD30-70. The pin and the left side of the spring (when viewed from the back) are missing; the right side of the spring has four turns. The external chord is held by a hook turned back from the top of the bow. The wide crossbar extends to the end of the spring and is undecorated; the end of the right crossbar (viewed from the front) is bent outwards. Sub-circular sectioned, undecorated, arched bow which tapers to a point. The catchplate is damaged but had angular piercings; it extends 25mm up the bow. The reverse of the bow has c. sixteen incised/filed irregularly spaced transverse lines running up it from the top fo the catchplate to the head. Red-brown and mid/light green surface. Length 55.4mm, width across wings (incomplete) 18.0mm, width of bow 6.0mm, thickness of bow 4.5mm, weight 10.29g.The filed lines on the reverse of the bow are unusual.
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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