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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Colchester one-piece brooch of Roman (early to mid 1st century) date.The parallel-sided concave wings are incomplete. Two prongs at the centre of the head's underside represent parts of the integrally cast spring mechanism; the head is 12.8mm wide. The bow bends in a sharp right-angle and is of a flattened-oval section, 4.2mm wide, 3.3mm thick; it gradually tapering to a sharp point at the foot. There are two fragments of the catchplate visable on the reverse. The brooch is 49.5mm in total lenght and weighs 4.45 grams.
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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