Colchester Archaeological Report 2: The Roman small finds

Type 63 Hod Hill brooches with lateral lugs at the top of the bow.
31 SF BKC 4960(C), V59. Unstratified. Length 29.5 mm, A flattened
fragment of the bow and head. The bow is decorated with three
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equidistant mouldings. Each lug has a knurled moulding on the bow-side
which continues down to form a marginal moulding on the bow.
Group 5: early sprung brooches (Figs 6 and 7; 37-61)
Type 90 B Colchester. A one-piece brooch with simple curved bow, flat
side-wings, and a forward hook to secure the external chord, Sub-type B has an
undecorated bow.
39 SF BKC 1901(C), E1212 L361, Levelling. Period lb. Length 27.0 mm. A
small brooch. The bottom part of the bow with the catchplate is missing
and the pin has broken away from the spring, which has eight turns. The
tiny side-wings are grooved. The tip of the forward hook is missing.
41 SF BKC 3434(C), K373 L39. Dump. Period 4a/b. Length 26.0 mm. A small
fragment of a plain bow with hints of the side-wings, the forward hook and
the catchplate.
Type 92 Colchester B. A two-piece brooch. The spring is secured by
passing the external chord and the axial bar through a lug with two
perforations behind the head. The side-wings are semicylindrical. There is a
crest running on a flat ridge down the head to the bow. The ridge continues
down the bow, flanked by cavetto mouldings, and may be decorated in various
ways.
42 SF LWC 849(C), A284, Topsail. Early medieval? Length 34.0 mm. A
corroded brooch, the spring and pin of which are missing, The bow has
faint marginal grooves and two grooves running from below the crest to