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Description: | An incomplete, copper alloy, P shaped, divided bow brooch of Roman date, AD 175 - 250. Only the head and upper bow survives. The remaining portion of the bow is split into two by a 5mm gap. The two halves of the bow are of triangular section and the upper ends terminate at opposite ends of an integral head of half-round cross-section, and which has a narrow, flat, flange running along the upper edge. A copper alloy pin bar remains in place in the head, held in circular holes in the end plates of the tubular head, and is surrounded by the remains of a ferrous spring mechanism of eight turns. A copper alloy loop remains in the centre of the spring mechanism. The lower part of the bow, the foot and the catch plate are missing. The remaining part of the brooch has a smooth, light green patina. It is 24.4mm long, 20.4mm wide and 13.6mm thick. It weighs 7.26gm.An incomplete example of a similar brooch is illustrated in Crummy, 1981. Colchester Archaeological Report Number 2, page 15. Number 72. More complete examples of this type of brooch are also recorded on the database: see for example records KENT-F61823 and LANCUM-B7D8F5.
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