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Description: | A fragment of a cast copper alloy Roman brooch. The wings are semi-cylindrical with wing caps. Each cap has a central perforation which supports a copper alloy axis bar. Around the axis bar the spring is coiled, forming 9 coils. The external coils continue forming a horizontal bar above the spring. This bar is held in place by a integral lug with a perforation which is at the junction of the bow and wings. The pin is incomplete. The wings are decorated with a three transverse grooves. The bow head is angular in profile forming an inverted ??L?? shape. The bow is an elongated oval in section, and is gradually tapering until it is broken. The break is not recent. The bow is decorated with a triangular cell, and bordering ridges. The brooch has traces of a light green patina. It measures 14.56mm long, 18.65mm wide and weighs 2.8g.
The brooch is a Polden Hill type, which probably dates to c. 80 to 120 AD (Bayley and Butcher, 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries p. 160). Bayley and Butcher go on to comment that the distribution of Polden Hill brooches are concentrated in the West Midlands. | Subjects: | Polden Hill | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Bolton, Angie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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