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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Roman (AD c.43-c.200) T-shaped or Colchester derivative brooch, missing its foot and catchplate, its pin and spring and part of its top loop. Overall, it measures 23.2mm long, 18.6mm wide and 10.4mm thick. It weighs 3.70g.The wings are semi-cylindrical (C-shaped in section) with a hollow for the spring mechanism. They have a span of 18.6mm and measure 5.8mm long and 3.6mm thick. At the centre of the reverse of the wings is a divider with a piercing for the spring to pass through. Above this are the remains of a loop which the spring would have passed through.The bow projects forwards from the wings and then angles downwards towards the foot. It is triangular in section with a central longitudinal ridge along the front. The bow measures 20.7mm long and tapers from 9.2mm wide and 4.2mm thick at the wings to 4.8mm wide and 26mm thick at the break.
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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