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Visited the new site over this weekend and had a few decent items, no silver but a very nice early Iron Age Brooch. A two piece Colchester brooch, these seem to have developed along different lines to that of the fibulae.
The two piece brooch has a separate spring and pin and has a date range of between 50and 80 AD. Many derivatives from this form exist including dolphin, headstud and T-shaped brooches.Not perticually a rare brooch.. what really intregues me is that the coils on the integral bilateral spring and hook issuing from the back of the bow are still fully functional, and apart from the missing pin (proberbly why it was lost) the brooch is almost complete. There could be a good chance of a ealy coin from this site, time will tell.
UPDATE ON THE STRAP ENDS..BELOW..
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The two piece brooch has a separate spring and pin and has a date range of between 50and 80 AD. Many derivatives from this form exist including dolphin, headstud and T-shaped brooches.Not perticually a rare brooch.. what really intregues me is that the coils on the integral bilateral spring and hook issuing from the back of the bow are still fully functional, and apart from the missing pin (proberbly why it was lost) the brooch is almost complete. There could be a good chance of a ealy coin from this site, time will tell.
UPDATE ON THE STRAP ENDS..BELOW..
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..... I hope you and your family is well ... good post and findings!
