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Description: | An incomplete and worn copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative hinged bow brooch. It is missing the pin and part of the catch plate due to old breaks, now worn.The wings are semi-cylindrical and have been folded and fully enclosed. At the centre of the wings is a rectangular aperture, where there are the remains of separately cast hinged copper-alloy pin. The bow is D-shaped in section with a flat back and rounded front face, tapering to the foot. The front of the bow is decorated with a transverse groove. From here four longitudinal grooves (two central and a pair of opposing diagonal grooves) run three quarters of the length of the bow. The back face is undecorated. On the back face of the foot are the remains of an integrally cast triangular catch plate with a central circular hollow.This brooch measures 48.53mm in length, 29.92mm in width at the wings, 9.14mm in width at the bow, 6.43mm in thickness, 11.21g in weight.There is a similar example from Hacheston (Blagg et al, 2004, p. 98, no. 134).
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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