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Description: | The brooch is a cast copper Colchester One-Piece brooch. The wings are formed by a horizontal rectangular band which is abraded and undecorated. On the reverse of the wings, integral to the upper edge is a rectangular protrusion which has a broken edge. This originally would have formed a hook. The lower edge of the wings has the integral spring protruding, which is now a fragment of a coil. The break is not too recent. The bow is hump-like in profile, but is slender and tapers down the bow. The bow is oval in section. The reverse of the lower portion of the bow has traces of a catchplate which was possibly decorated with openwork. The lower portion of the bow is bent so in profile the bow forms a slightly angular 'C' shape, this is due to damage rather than intention. The surface of the brooch is abraded and has a red/brown patina. The brooch is incomplete, missing the some of the catchplate, spring and pin and is in poor condition. It weighs 3.1g, and measures 8.62mm wide across the wings and 40.33mm long.Colchester One-Piece brooches are derived from continental brooches (Bayley and Butcher, 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries p. 149) and are a La Tène III type, and are common in the middle years of the first century. Worrell (Worrell, S. 2007 'Roman Brooch Timeline' North-West PAS Newsletter) suggests they date to c. 25 to c. 60 AD. Hattat (Hattat, R 1985 Iron Age and Roman Brooches Oxbow) illustrates a similar brooch No. 250.
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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