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Description: | An almost complete cast copper alloy brooch dating to the Roman period. The brooch is a Colchester derivative double pierced lug bow brooch. It is missing the foot, spring and pin due to old breaks. The wings are semi-cylindrical decorated with triple bands of vertical moulded lines located towards the end of the wings and either side of the bow. A double pierced lug projects from the centre of the wings on the reverse, which extends slightly, vertically above the head of the brooch. The bow extends at 90 degrees from the centre of the wings, triangular in section with a flat back and a prominent vertical mid rib on the front which extends from the lug to the break in the bow. The brooch has a grey-green patination.It measures 30.1mm in length, 31.0mm in width at wings, 6.8mm in width at bow, 16.4mm in thickness at bow and 8.75g in weight.This brooch is an example of a Colchester derivative type with a double pierced lug. Bayley and Butcher (2004, pg. 82-3) illustrate similar examples, e.g. no. 165, which are dated to the 1st century AD, c.43-100 AD.
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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