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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative hinged bow brooch. It is missing the pin and outer edge of the catchplate due to old breaks. The wings are cylindrical in form, folded to encase the separately cast iron axis bar and separated by a rectangular slot through which the now missing pin would have originally hinged. They are decorated on their front faces with single convex mouldings flanked by grooves at the end of each wing. The bow is D-shaped in section with flat back face and rounded front face, tapering towards the foot. It has moulded decoration comprising a short central rib and raised flanges at the head of the brooch that terminate with two transverse concave mouldings. The foot is out-turned and has a small globular knop with transverse collar. On the back face of the foot is the integral catchplate that is flat, triangular in form and missing its outer edge due to old breaks. The entire object measures 37.48mm in length, 30.00mm in width at wings, 7.74mm in width at bow, 5.00mm in thickness at bow, and 7.93g in weight.This is an incomplete Roman Colchester derivative hinged bow brooch. It finds near identical parallels in examples from Hacheston (Blagg et al., 2004: nos. 126-127) and is of 1st to 2nd century AD date, c.43-120 AD.
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