File:SF-C42D59, Iron Age to Roman Colchester brooch (FindID 849866).jpg

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SF-C42D59: Iron Age to Roman Colchester brooch
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Suffolk County Council, Anna Booth, 2018-03-07 14:49:09
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SF-C42D59: Iron Age to Roman Colchester brooch
Description
English: An incomplete copper alloy Iron Age to Roman Colchester brooch. The head has short, flattened wings, a rectangular cross-section forward facing hook in the centre and half of an integral two coil copper alloy spring still attached to one side of the rear. The other separate half of the spring is now missing along with the pin itself The bow is narrow, undecorated and tapers to a sharp point at the foot. To the reverse of the foot is a triangular openwork catchplate pierced with three small holes.

Colchester brooches were used during the middle decades of the first century AD and possibly earlier (see Mackreth's (2011, 246) re-dating of the King Harry Lane cemetery).

Length: 38.8mm, width of head: 13.3mm, thickness of head: 8.0mm, width of bow: 3.6mm, thickness of bow: 4.5mm, weight: 2.32g
Depicted place (County of findspot) Suffolk
Date between 25 and 60
Accession number
FindID: 849866
Old ref: SF-C42D59
Filename: Near_Woodbridge_SFC42D59.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/1005184
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1005184/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/849866
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