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Description: | Copper alloy Brooch. Cast hinged Colchester Derivative Brooch, Mackreth type CD H9, or East Midlands Enamelled. Tubular wings clenched behind are decorated with a single inscribed line at each end on the front side, and may retain an axis bar for a hinged pin (lost). A D-section bow meets the wings. It bears a ridge along either side, and a central ridge along the lower bow. The upper bow bears three rectangular cut outs for enamel, though no colorant remains. The lower bow tapers to a small pedestal foot; the bow above the foot bearsfive crescentic nicks. A plain unpierced catch plate remains behind the lower bow. Suggested date: Early Roman, 60-120.Length: 45.1mm, Width: 29.4mm, Thickness (crest of bow): 5.2mm, Weight: 9.15gms.
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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