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Description: | A Roman copper-alloy Colchester-derivative (two-piece) brooch, dating from the mid to late 1st century AD.The wings of the brooch are straight-sided and of flat section, their upper surfaces decorated by a series of vertical grooves. There is a pierced double lug at the centre, which would have held in place the now-missing spring. The uppermost lug extends into a ridge that peters out at the top of the bow, its lower end decorated by transverse grooves. The straight sides of the D-sectioned bow converge towards the bottom, where there is a pointed foot and the remains of a catchplate.Length: 36.6mm; width: 17.8mm. Weight: 5.36g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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