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Description: | A Roman fragment of a copper alloy bracelet dating to the late 3rd - 4th century AD. It has a rectangular cross-section with the upper surface decorated with a symmetrical design. The surviving length of pattern shows a band of transverse ridge and grooves in the centre then to either side a curvi-linear geometric pattern that has been arranged so it forms a symmetrical pattern with the ridge and grooves. There is evidence of a white metal coating, probably silvering, surviving in the recessed sections of the pattern. On the edged there are filemarks. The fragment is now completely flat, although originally it would have been curved to fit around the arm.Similar bracelets are illustrated in Crummy (1995:46 fig 47) with the note that the majority of copper alloy armlets date to the late 3rd - 4th centuries AD.Dimensions: length: 36.59 mm; width: 3.55mm; thickness: 2.17mm; weight: 1.45g.Crummy, N. 1995. The Roman small finds from excavations in Colchester 1971-1979. Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd, Colchester.
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