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Description: | A cast copper alloy Colchester Two-Piece brooch. The bow head and wings are incorporated together and in plan the bow head is a vertical sub-oval. The bow head is undecorated. On the reverse of the bow head there is an sub-oval vertical lug with a central perforation. The axis bar, spring and pin are all missing. Only a fragment of the bow remains, it is oval in section and is narrowed before terminating with a broken surface. The break is not too recent. The brooch has a well developed mid grey coloured patina. It weighs 3.1g, and measures 9.31mm wide and 16.25mm long.The brooch is a Colchester Two-Piece brooch, a Trumpet-headed type. Trumpet brooches date to the 1st to 2nd century (Bayley, J. and Butcher, S. 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries p. 160-164). Worrell (Worrell, S. 2007 'Roman Brooch Timeline' North-West PAS Newsletter) narrows down the date to c. 75-175 AD.
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