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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative hinged bow brooch. It is missing the pin and outer edge of the catchplate due to old breaks. The wings are cylindrical in form, folded to encase the separately cast axis bar. They are decorated on their front faces with double vertical grooves at the ends of the wings, and have a central rectangular slot through which the now incomplete copper-alloy pin originally hinged. The bow is D-shaped in section, tapering to a pointed foot. At the head of the bow is a projecting moulded crest or rib formed from two pairs of triangular projections separated by a central semi-circular indentation. The back face of the bow has a prominent rectangular rib where it joins the wings. On the back face of the foot is the integrally cast catchplate. This is triangular in form and missing its outer edge due to old breaks. The entire object measures 44.51mm in length, 31.49mm in width at wings, 7.33mm in width at bow, 4.17mm in thickness at bow, and 11.28g in weight.This is an incomplete Roman Colchester derivative hinged bow brooch. It finds parallels in published examples (e.g. Blagg at al., 2004: no. 134; Mackreth, 2011: nos. 2296, 2424, 2275, plates 55-63) and is of 1st century AD date, c.43-120 AD.
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