|
Date: |
|
Description: | Early Roman fibula brooch: an incomplete copper alloy brooch of the Polden Hill type. The brooch has a gently curving, undecorated bow, and is in good condition, but the spring and pin have been lost, and the thin catchplate has been truncated. Nonetheless, the spring casing, complete with the covered ends (pierced for receipt on an iron axis bar) is preserved, and this allows the brooch to be identified as being of Polden Hill type, which dates to the period AD 50 and 70, and is best represented in the south of England.
This example has a greatest length of 33.6mm, is 12.2mm wide across the wings, and 11.1mm deep from front to back. It weighs 3.4g. It is in good condition, with a pale green surface colour, and patches of iron corrosion, particularly in the spring casing (and presumably relating to the now lost iron axis bar) | Subjects: | Bow | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Ashby, Steven - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
BROOCH
Early Roman fibula brooch: an…
-
brooch
Roman fibula brooch: A copper…
-
brooch
A Romano-British dolphin brooch, possibly…
-
brooch
Roman brooch: a two-piece copper-alloy…
-
Brooch
An incomplete cast copper alloy…
-
brooch
A Romano-British cast copper alloy…
-
brooch
Late Iron Age/Early Roman brooch:…
-
brooch
Late Iron Age /Roman brooch:…
-
brooch
A largely complete (repaired) late…
-
Brooch
Copper alloy equal-ended plate brooch,…
|