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COLEM:2014.27.240.AC

Colchester Collections

armlet, fenwick hoard

The Fenwick Treasure

This Roman gold armlet is one of a matching pair, forming part of the Fenwick Treasure, discovered in 2014 under the Fenwick store in Colchester High Street. It is formed of two strands of intertwined gold wire, forming seven large loops. 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 armlet is made from two lengths of gold wire shaped into seven large hoops. It is more likely to have been worn pushed up on the arm, rather than around the wrist.

0060 - 0061

Roman

height: 28.00 mm
internal diameter: 76.00 mm
weight: 54.68 g