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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative hinged bow brooch. It is missing the lower half of the brooch and pin due to old breaks. The wings are cylindrical in form, folded to encase the now incomplete iron axis bar. They have moulded decoration on their front face comprising two groups of vertical ribs separated by a vertical groove or flute. The bow is oval in section and tapers towards old breaks. It has decoration on its front face formed from a series of transverse mouldings separated by grooves. Each moulding comprises a larger central rib with single smaller ribs above and below. At the head the bow has the remains of a worn semi-circular groove. Traces of an added white metal coating are visible on the front face of both bow and wings, but now mostly missing due to post-depositional corrosion. This brooch has a dark brown patina with areas of paler green copper-alloy corrosion. It measures 23.08mm in length, 27.82mm in width (at wings, 7.76mm in width at bow), 5.80mm in thickness at bow, and 9.71g in weight.This is an incomplete Roman Colchester derivative hinged bow brooch. It finds a close parallel in an example published from Hacheston (Blagg et al., 2004: no. 133) and is of 1st to 2nd century AD date, c.43-120 AD.
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