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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Colchester two-piece brooch, dating from the mid to late 1st century AD.The horizontal wings take the form of a half-cylinder, at the centre of which there is a perforated lug containing the axis bar. Immediately above this lug is a second such lug containing the external chord, which holds in place the nine coils of the spring. The pin is missing. On top of the head, a short gap separates the uppermost lug from a ridge, the latter extending to the point at which the tapering, sub-rectangular-sectioned bow is broken.Dimensions: 29.5mm long, 26.6mm wide (head), 13.4mm deep. Weight: 11.17g.
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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