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Description: | Roman bow brooch of Polden Hill type, Bayley and Butcher group b, missing the pin and the lower half of the bow.
The head is proportionally large and heavy with the upper bow humped forward over the crossbar. The crossbar terminates at either end in a pierced disc which holds the axis bar. Around the axis bar the near complete spring is wound. There is a rearward-facing hook on the head which would have held the chord. Two grooves run either side of this hook and taper together to form one central line which continues down the bow. On the underside, the web from the catchplate runs up the centre and meets the head. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | McNestrie, Beth - Museum of Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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