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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Colchester derivative brooch, dating from the mid to late 1st century AD.The wings comprise a horizontally aligned half-cylinder containing the eleven coils of the spring. The spring is held in position by a copper-alloy axis bar, which sits within a perforated lug at the centre of the underside of the head; a second such lug, located above, contains the external chord. The remaining portion of the bow is of trapezoidal section, its straight sides converging towards the point where the break occurred in antiquity.Dimensions: 24.6mm long, 26.1mm wide, 11.8mm deep. Weight: 8.25g.
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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