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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative double pierced lug bow brooch. It is missing the foot, spring and pin due to old breaks. The wings are semi-cylindrical in form with double bands of vertical moulded decoration at the inner and outer edges of the front face. At the centre of the wings is a rear facing double pierced lug that extends vertically above the head of the brooch. The bow is triangular in section with a prominent vertical mid rib on the front face that extends from the double lug. To either side of the rib the bow is fluted, before terminating in old breaks above the foot. The entire object is worn and corroded, with traces of corrosive copper-alloy products. It measures 25.53mm in length, 37.69mm in width at wings, 12.08mm in width at bow, 5.66mm in thickness at bow and 9.01g in weight.This is an incomplete Roman Colchester derivative double pierced lug bow brooch. It finds parallels in examples from Richborough (e.g. Bayley and Butcher, 2004: nos. 160, 165) and dates to the 1st century AD, c.43-100 AD.
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