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Description: | A worn and incomplete cast copper-alloy Colchester derivative hinged bow brooch of Roman date. It is missing one wing, the foot, catchplate and pin due to old breaks. The surviving wing is cylindrical in form, folded to encase the the axis bar and possibly decorated on its front face with double vertical grooves at the end. At the centre of the wings is a rectangular slot through which the copper-alloy pin would originally have hinged. The bow is triangular in section with flat back face and pointed front face. The front face of the bow has moulded decoration comprising fluting/grooves to either side of a central vertical ridge that has traces of transverse hatching. It measures 20.02mm in length, 20.55mm in width at wings, 8.28mm in width at bow, 4.73mm in thickness at bow, and weighs 4.64g.This is a Roman Colchester derivative hinged bow brooch of Roman date similar to examples from Hacheston (Blagg et al., 2004: nos. 122-123). It is of 1st to 2nd century AD date, c.43-120 AD.
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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