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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch. The wings are semi-cylindrical with perforated wing caps at each terminal, which are slightly damaged. Through the perforations the copper alloy axis bar is supported. Around the axis bar, the spring is coiled 9 or 10 times. The pin has broken off from the brooch. The pin is circular in section and tapers to a blunt point. The wings are undecorated. The bowhead is hump-like in profile and is quite small in proportion with the wings. The bowhead is decorated with a central vertical groove which tapers as it travels down to the bow. The bow is oval in section and tapers to a blunt point. The catchplate is almost completely missing. What remains consists of two regular protrusions from the reverse of the bow. These protrusions suggest the catchplate was originally decorated with openwork. The surface ofthe brooch is in poor condition with active corrosion. It measures 61.5mm long, 25.34mm wide and weighs 10.15g.
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. | 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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