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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative hinged bow brooch. It is missing the pin and axis bar due to old breaks but is otherwise complete. The wings are cylindrical in form, folded to encase the now missing axis bar. At each end of their front faces they are decorated with double vertical grooves, and at the centre of the back face they are separated by a vertical slot through which the now missing pin would have originally hinged. The bow is triangular in section, tapering slightly towards the flat foot. It has a prominent vertical mid rib with fluting to either side. On the back face of the foot is an integrally cast catchplate that is flat, rectangular in form and with a folded outer edge that has suffered from some post-depositional damage. The entire object has a worn green patina and evidence of post-depositional corrosion and wear. It measures 37.75mm in length, 25.59mm in width at wings, 5.48mm in width at bow, 3.36mm in thickness and 6.38g in weight.This is an incomplete Roman Colchester derivative hinged brooch. It finds parallels in examples from Hacheston (Blagg et al., 2004: nos. 115-121) and is of 1st to 2nd century AD date, c.43-120 AD.
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