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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester Two Piece probable Polden Hill brooch, dating to the 1st/ 2nd century, between AD 43 - 200 (length: 40mm; width at wings: 23mm; thickness/ depth: 12.5mm; weight: 7.4g). The brooch is T-shaped in plan and mostly D-shaped in section. At the top of the brooch, there is a probable protruding crest. The wings are sub-rectangular in plan and semi-cylindrical in section (length of wing at either side of head: 9.5mm) and are decorated with crude incised linear markings, with two of these lines visible on the left wing and one on the right facing lengthwise. There are plain protruding flanges to either side of the head and the top of the bow is centrally decorated with a line of beading (length: 10.5mm; width: 2.5mm) or small incised markings (six of which are visible in total) crossing the bow??s width. The tapering bow appears to be plain without any decoration below this beading to the pointed terminal at the opposing end. There are, however, substantial areas of the surface missing due to corrosion between the beading and the tip (length of bow from beading to tip: 28mm). At the back of the brooch, the probable sprung mechanism and pin are completely missing with a hollow casing remaining behind the head where it originally fitted. There is no decoration on the back of the brooch and there is a small integral and slightly incomplete catchplate with its outer edge curving to one side, which would have originally held the pin and brooch to an item of clothing. Overall, the artefact is in a worn but fair condition with a dark green patina. There is also a substantial amount of corrosion and bronze disease present at the wing terminals, lower part of the bow and on the catchplate. A similar example is illustrated in Bayley, J & Butcher, S, 2004, ??Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection??, page 90, fig 71, ref no 209. | Subjects: | Colchester Two Piece Polden Hill | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Johnson, Caroline - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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