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Description: | An incomplete and large Roman Colchester bow brooch. It is missing part of the spring, pin and the outer edges of the catchplate due to old breaks. The wings are flat, rectangular in form and undecorated. They are separated at their centre by an integrally cast chord hook that is D-shaped in section and folds forwards onto the head of the bow where it has a transverse collar and flattened circular terminal. The chord hook holds in place the integrally cast spring of which four coils and the spring chord survive. In antiquity the spring had become detatched from the head of the bow and as a result a circular hole has been drilled through the head of the brooch, beneath the chord hook, into which the spring now passes. The large bow is flat, rectangular in form, undecorated and with a slightly pointed foot. On the back face of the foot are the incomplete remains of the integral catchplate that was triangular in form with folded outer edge and rectilinear openwork decoration of uncertain form. The entire object measures 90.70mm in length, 20.35mm in width at spring, 6.99mm in width at bow, 1.37mm in thickness at bow, and 9.82g in weight.This is an incomplete, large Colchester bow brooch. It finds parallels in examples published by Hattatt (1989: no. 249) and is of 1st century AD date, c.25-60 AD.
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