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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative rear hook brooch. Only the upper part of the brooch survives. The head is semi-cylindrical in shape with multiple transverse grooves on the outer face. The ends of both wings are missing. The upper bow is heavily humped in profile and D-shaped in cross-section. There is a prominant raised ridge running down the centre of the outer face flanked by a lower ridge to either side. At the top of the head the central ridge appears to have extended into a rear-facing hook originally, but this is now missing along with the pin and spring. There is a well-worn break at the lower end of the bow. The metal is heavily corroded with a bright green patina.This type of Colchester derivative brooch was in use for a short period from around the time of the Conquest until c.70 AD. It probably belongs to Mackreth's (2011, vol.II, pl.38-39) Type CD RH1, which is defined by 'full bead and reel decoration on the wings'.Length: 26.14mm, width of head: 35.22mm, thickness of head: 6.42mm, width of bow: 12.05mm, thickness of bow: 12.05mm, weight: 15.53g
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