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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester derivative (Polden Hill type) Roman brooch, dating circa AD 75 to AD 175. The majority of the brooch survives including the head, wings, spring and part of the catchplate. The pin is missing. The damage is not new. The brooch is T-shaped in plan view and D-shaped in cross section. The wings are cylindrical with a rounded terminal at either end which encases the spring. There is a perforation on both of the wing terminals. There is a sub-circular recess on the wings on either side of the bow which probably originally contained a setting. The spring comprises of 11 curls with a support bar. The support bar is held in place by a central lug. The head of the brooch is decorated with a moulded design comprising of a knop at the wing termimal with a curving line towards the head of the bow which terminates in another knop. The bow head is hump-like and angular (comma shaped) in profile. The surface of the bow is particularly abraded but appears to be decorated by grooved lines from the head to the foot of the brooch with two knops on either side of the bow near the brooch head. At the apex of the bow is a sub-circular recess which probably originally contained a setting. A central ridge is present on the reverse of the bow which begins from the wings and gradually expands into the catchplate. The majority of the catchplate is missing. The surface of the brooch has a dark green/brown patina and is heavily abraded.Dimensions: 54.15mm x 31.82mm s 9.59mm. Weight is 29.1g
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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