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Description: | Cast copper alloy two-piece Roman Polden Hill type brooch dated to the 1st century AD. There is triangular openwork at the catchplate end of the bow. The catchplate has three decorative equidistant line ridges on the reverse. At the foot there is a small semi circular knop projecting upwards from the bow. The bow is arched and comes to a tapered point at the catchplate. At the head of the bow there is a raised portion of ribbed decoration. It is typical fibula form at the wings. The hinged pin is in tact and attached to the bow via the lugs which project backwards from the wings. The pin however looks to be a later addition as the copper alloy is a distinctively different shade of green (although pins and bows were generally cast separately).
See Hattatt 2000 page 300, no.26 figure 159. | Subjects: | Polden Hill Type | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Keys, Lisa - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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