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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch. The brooch is a two-piece Colchester brooch with a spring pin fitting. The brooch is of plain design with very short thin wings, sub-rectangular in section, which only project a short distance beyond either side of the top of the bow. The bow, which is a rounded square in section, is swollen where it forms the head and top of the bow and tapers to a point at the foot of the brooch. The bow has no decoration and is only curved, at the neck, being otherwise nearly straight in form apart from later damage creating a bend in the foot. Part of the triangular catchplate, for securing the pin in place, survives on the rear of the bow. The head of the brooch has part of the spring pin fitting arrangement surviving with the loop and hook for the axis bar and chord along with a short length of the chord surviving in situ. Apart from this short length of the chord the pin and spring are otherwise missing.The brooch is notably corroded and although primarily of green patina does have some reddish-brown corrosion which is typical of this class of brooch.Brooches of this type are typically dated to the early Roman period within the 1st century, c.25-60 AD.
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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