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Description: | A fragment of a copper alloy Roman (AD c.43-100) Colchester type two piece brooch, consisting of just the wings, the spring and a short length of the brooch. It measures 16.20mm long, 20.95mm wide and 7.75mm thick. It weighs 4.51g.The wings are C-shaped in section with a central lug projecting from the top through which the spring passes. The spring is almost complete, missing a small section from the right hand side as well as the final coil from which the missing pin would have projected. The surviving length of bow is broadly triangular in section, flat on the reverse with concave front edges. It projects forward from the wings and curves downward towards the missing foot. It measures 12.35mm long, 7.25mm wide and 3.30mm thick.cf. A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches, Fig.156 nos 257 and 872
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