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Description: | An incomplete Late Iron Age/early Roman (AD20-80) copper-alloy Colchester one-piece brooch missing the majority of the catch-plate, the spring and pin. The wings are flat and rectangular; one significantly truncated, the other bent upwards at its end. Behind the wings is a hook that curves upwards to retain the axis bar, and, above this, an integral hook, now distorted and bent outwards, which would have retained the chord. No decoration is visible on the bow which tapers towards the tip. The bow has a sub-rectangular cross-section, with flat upper and lower surfaces and rounded sides. It rises steeply from the head before descending more gradually from its highest point; the head and tip are in the same plane. The tip has been bent to one side following old damage. The majority of the catch-plate is missing. The fragment that survives has a web c. 16.7mm long. A loss may represent damage or suggest that the catch-plate was openwork.The brooch measures 65.6mm long by 11.7mm maximum width by 3.7mm thick at the bow. It attains a height of 15.3mm. It weighs 5.63g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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