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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester type brooch of Roman date. The brooch consists of a short cross bar with a concaved reverse, upward turning worn hook and broken remains of a pin suspension hook or spring. The pin no longer remains. The bow is narrow with a circular cross section and tapers slightly towards a rounded foot. From the reverse of the lower bow the remains of the catchplate can be seen though the majority has been lost to old breaks.The metal has a patchy mid greenish-brown colour and is worn. The brooch is 42.2mm long, 10mm wide, 2.8mm thick and weighs 2.9g.A similar example can be seen in Hattatt, p.297, fig.156, no.1455 and dates to the 1st century AD.
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