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Description: | A cast copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative brooch with a double pierced lug spring attachment, incomplete in so far as it is missing its spring mechanism and pin, dating to the 1st century AD. The double pierced lug is situated behind the head as is characteristic of this type. The axis bar and sprung pin are largely missing; a small part of the chord survives in the upper hole and the corroded iron remains of the axis bar survives in the lower. The wings are intact and curved in cross-section. They are decorated with a transverse groove which creates a ridge at the tip. The head thins as it meets the bow. The bow is sub oval in cross-section, and is decorated with two longitudinal incisions that converge, meeting above the point at which the catch-plate begins. The bow is 5.7mm wide at the back of the head and tapers gradually to a width of 1.35mm at the foot. It travels at from an angle of just over ninety degrees at the head in a gradual curve such that the foot is below the head. The bow flattens and expands seamlessly into the sub-triangular catch-plate whose fold survives well. The brooch has a brown patina with some patches of mid-green corrosion product.
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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