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Description: | A corroded and incomplete Roman cast copper alloy one-piece Colchester type brooch, dating from c. 25-60 AD. The brooch would have originally had six turns to the spring but three turns are missing from an old break on one side of the upper loop that retains the spring's external chord; the pin therefore is also missing. The bow rises sharply from the head of the brooch and turns abruptly to curve and taper down in an arch towards the foot. There are only small remnants of the thin and undulating catchplate on the underside of the bow. The bow is devoid of decoration but has a flat facet at the peak of its arch on its outer surface. Similar brooches are shown in Bayley, Roman Brooches in Britain (2004) p63.
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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