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Description: | An incomplete Late Iron Age/ Early Roman (AD 20-80) copper alloy Colchester one-piece brooch missing half the spring, pin and most of the catchplate. It measures 56.22mm in length and weighs 11.8g.The wings, which are flat and rectangular in shape, span 20.18mm. To the front they are decorated with at least two transverse ribs on each side, but loss of the patina largely obscures any detail. Behind the wings, the spring chord (undamaged) is 23.79mm wide. This is held by a forward-facing hook. Four coils survive on one side only and iron corrosion is apparent from the axis bar.The bow is rectangular in section where it curves forwards from the wings, 7.39x3.37mm, with a wide central groove. This groove reaches to the foot (2.23mm wide) and is filled with (now raised) zig-zag decoration. All original patina is lost and the surface of the brooch is quite rough.
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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