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Description: | An incomplete Late Iron Age/ Early Roman copper alloy possible Colchester one-piece brooch missing its spring mechanism, pin, lower bow and catchplate. The wings are also very worn and mostly missing. It measures 56.32mm in (slightly bent) length and weighs 2.85g.The wings survive as short, worn projections at either side of the top of the bow. This is the widest part of the brooch and measures 10.55mm. At the centre is a single projection, which would have extended into the spring mechanism.The bow is flat and measures 8.32x1.69mm below the wings. It is decorated with three raised lines, the central one of which is further decorated with transverse grooves. The bow narrows to 2.52mm wide at the (old) break, where to the reverse the top of the now missing catchplate can be seen.All original patina is missing.
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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