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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Colchester derivative (two-piece) brooch, dating from the mid to late 1st century AD.The wings are parallel-sided and have a flat underside. At the centre is a double perforated lug, the lower of which holds a remnant of the axis bar and four coils of the spring. The distal end of the spring extends into an external chord, which passes through the second perforation, located above the top of the wings. The humped bow is of sub-oval section, tapering towards the bottom, where there are two decorative 'V-shaped' incisions. The closed catchplate is intact, retaining its rolled outer side. One face of the catchplate is decorated with an inverted 'V-shaped' ornament, formed by a two lines of ziz-zag grooves. The surfaces of the brooch are corroded in places. It measures 49mm long, 16.1mm wide (head) and 17.1mm deep. The weight is 5.3g.
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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