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Description: | A Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper-alloy brooch of Simple Gaulish/Colchester one-piece form.The wings are shorter than the spring, parallel-sided and of flat section. The remaining three coils of the spring extend from the centre of the head's underside and are held in place by an external chord, which passes through a rearward lug. The bow has a right-angled bend, is of circular section and gradually tapers to a pointed foot, where there are the remnants of a catchplate. The brooch is heavily corroded.Dimensions: 67.4mm long, 13.2mm wide (head). Weight: 3.96g.
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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