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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy two-piece Colchester derivative brooch of Roman date. Only the upper part of the bow and the head survives. The bow expands towards the top and the outer face is decorated with a central beaded rib with a further rib to either side, together forming a crest when viewed in profile. The head is semi-cylindrical and hollow to hold the spring. After a short break the crest continues at the rear of the head to form a lug pierced with two holes to secure the chord. The outer face is decorated with a trasverse groove either side of the head and in the centre of each side. Several similar examples are illustrated by Bayley and Butcher (2004, 83, fig.62, no.161ff) and dated to the middle decades of the 1st century AD (ibid. 157).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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