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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative hinged bow brooch. It is missing the foot, catchplate and pin due to old breaks. The wings are cylindrical in form, folded to encase the iron axis bar, with a central slot on the back face through which the missing pin would originally have hinged. On the front face of each wing is moulded decoration comprising three vertical grooves at the ends of the wings. The bow is D-shaped in section with flat back face and dome-shaped front face. It has a central vertical rib either side of which are a group of three opposing diagonal grooves at the head, with a further group of two opposing diagonal grooves mid-way down the bow. These grooves outline a lozenge shaped motif at the centre of the bow. The bow terminates in old breaks above the foot. It measures 22.56mm in total length, 33.60mm in width at wings, 8.72mm in width at bow, 4.64mm in thickness at bow, and weighs 7.15g.This is a Roman Colchester derivative hinged bow brooch similar to examples from Hacheston (Blagg et al., 2004: nos. 118, 120). It is of 1st to 2nd century AD date, c.43-120 AD.
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