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1st century Roman brooch
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Colchester Museums, Caroline McDonald, 2004-07-06 11:59:04
Title
1st century Roman brooch
Description
English: Fragment of copper alloy Romano British, ‘Colchester’ two piece type brooch. The semicylindrical wings of this brooch are broken and truncated. Behind the head is an intact lug with two circular perforations. There is no crest on running from the head, but an incised line runs the length of the surviving bow, which is semicircular in section. The pin and spring head are entirely missing. The object is mid green in patina with patches of lighter yellowy green to the front. It is 25.14mm long, 11.76mm across the surviving wings, 5.12mm wide across the bow, 2.14mm thick and weighs 2.21g. A crested example can be seen in Crummy 1983, figure 6, number 52. Brooches of this type date from between 50-70AD.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Essex
Date between 50 and 70
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FindID: 70086
Old ref: ESS-AB6EA4
Filename: DSCN1289.JPG
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/29810
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/29810/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/70086
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