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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative brooch dating to the period c. AD 50 - 150. The pin is missing, the foot and catcplate are incomplete. The brooch measures 36.15mm in length, 23.41mm maximum width, 2.42mm wide at the base of the bow and weighs 6.55g.The head exhibits cylindrical wings. The wings house the remains of the axis bar and are divided by a central pin slot for the hinged pin, the base of which remains. The outer tip of each wing is decorated with a single half - circumferential groove.The bow tapers from a width of 8.57mm immediately below the head to the foot where the bow flattens out into the catchplate (largely missing). Two longitudinal ridges extend parallel to one another 21.18mm along the outer part of the bow from just below the head.A fragment of a pierced catchplate remains.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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