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Description: | A two piece 1st century AD Colchester derivative type copper alloy brooch with a simple undecorated half cylinder cross piece to hide the spring which is secure with a backwards facing hook. The bow has a hint of two longitudinal grooves at its edges but is otherwise undecorated and is very slim. It has a solid catch plate rising to approximately 1/3 of the bow. The brooch has a greenish brown patina and while rather worn, is otherwise undamaged, although the majority of the pin is missing. 1st century AD. Similar in appearance to Hattatt, A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches, 258, 1458. Hattatt p 297.Length 47mm, Width 22mm, Thickness 18mm, Weight 8.11g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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