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Description: | A copper-alloy Roman Colchester-derivative brooch, dating from the mid to late 1st century AD.The wings consist of a horizontally aligned half-cylinder, with two perforated lugs at the centre, for the now-missing axis bar and external chord respectively. These lugs extend upwards into a crest with transverse notch. The straight-sided bow is of trapezoidal cross section, converging towards a rounded foot, its central ridge decorated by a series of transverse score marks. The unperforated catchplate has a rolled outer side, adjacent to which is a parallel pin groove.Length: 37.9mm; width: 17mm; depth: 11mm. Weight: 3.74g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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