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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative hinged bow brooch. Missing its pin due to old breaks. The wings are cylindrical in form folded to encase the separately cast copepr-alloy axis bar, with a central rectangular slot through which the now missing pin would have hinged. They are decorated on their front faces with pairs of moulded vertical grooves at the ends of the wings. The bow is D-shaped in section with flat back and rounded front face, tapering towards the pointed foot. It has a central vertical rib flanked by grooves on the front face. On the back face of the foot is an integral catchplate that is flat, triangular in form and with a folded outer edge that is possibly incomplete due to old breaks. The entire object measures 32.13mm in length, 19.27mm in width at wings, 5.73mm in width at bow, 3.37mm in thickness at bow, and 3.91g in weight.This is an incomplete Roman Colchester derivative hinged bow brooch. It finds parallels in an example from Hacheston (Blagg et al., 2004: no. 116) and is of 1st to 2nd century AD date, c.43-120 AD.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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