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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:2014.27.240.AE Institution name Colchester Collections Object name bangle, bracelet, fenwick hoard Title The Fenwick Treasure Description This Roman gold bangle is part of the Fenwick Treasure, discovered in 2014 under the Fenwick store in Colchester High Street. The treasure, also known as the Insula 19 Hoard, is one of the finest groups of jewellery from early Roman Britain. It was buried when Queen Boudica attacked the city in AD 60/1 but was never recovered by its owners. The gold jewellery in the hoard is similar to some of those discovered in Pompeii, which were buried by the eruption of Vesuvius almost 20 years later. The bangle has an expanding clasp - created via overlapping terminals that form a coil and then wrap around the hoop. Production date 0060 - 0061 Production period Roman Material gold Dimensions height: 7.50 mm internal diameter: 73.00 mm weight: 26.91 g Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:2014.27.240.AE
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

bangle, bracelet, fenwick hoard
Title

The Fenwick Treasure
Description

This Roman gold bangle is part of the Fenwick Treasure, discovered in 2014 under the Fenwick store in Colchester High Street. The treasure, also known as the Insula 19 Hoard, is one of the finest groups of jewellery from early Roman Britain. It was buried when Queen Boudica attacked the city in AD 60/1 but was never recovered by its owners. The gold jewellery in the hoard is similar to some of those discovered in Pompeii, which were buried by the eruption of Vesuvius almost 20 years later. The bangle has an expanding clasp - created via overlapping terminals that form a coil and then wrap around the hoop.
Production date

0060 - 0061
Production period

Roman
Material

gold
Dimensions

Details