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Description: | Polden Hill type Roman brooch of copper alloy. The bow is broken, and so the foot and catchplate are missing, as are the spring and pin. The surface is heavily corroded/worn and no decoration remains. The brooch weighs 14.46g and measures 42(incomplete)x21mm.
The head of the brooch is markedly domed, and rises a maximum of 5mm above the crossbar. The crossbar, as characteristic of the Polden Hill brooches, is cylindrical with closed ends and an open back. The closed ends would have held the axial rod, and the perforations into which this would have fit are evident on the ends of this brooch. The missing cord would have been held by the broken rear-ward facing hook on the head, which in this case is not visible from the front of the brooch and probably slightly damaged.
This brooch is similar to 211 and 214 found at Richborough (Bayley and Butcher 2004, pp 91), but without the enlarged discs at the end of the crossbar.
Polden Hill method of pin attachment first appears in Neronian contexts (54-68AD) but most are recovered from later contexts (c.80-c.120AD) (Bayley and Butcher). Bayley and Butcher (2004 pp 160) have noted that the main development of the brooch was in the West Midlands, although small numbers have been found outside this area. | Subjects: | Polden Hill | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Wood, Rachel | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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