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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Polden Hill type. The wings are semi-cylindrical with perforated caps at the terminals holding the axis bar. This bar holds the spring. The copper alloy wire of the spring also forms the external chord, running through a pierced lug between the wings. The wire of the spring and chord would also have formed the pin (at the centre of the spring) but this is missing (See Bayley and Butcher, 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries p. 33-34 and p159).
The wings are decorated with pairs of rather imprecise transverse linear groves and in common with many Polden Hill type brooches, there is a collar where the wings meet the bow. The lug between the wings forms the zenith of a raised linear decoration running down the centre of the bow, diminishing and disappearing at the point of three punched ring and dot marks. The raised linear decoration has a series of transverse grooves concentrated on the portion of the bow above the wings. The bow, which has a humped profile, tapers and is broken towards the foot. There is no catchplate, against which the pin would have been secured. The brooch has a very well developed, brown patina. The brooch measures 29.65mm long, 25.61mm wide and weighs 10.50g.
Bayley and Butcher (ibid. p159) explain that the Polden Hill type of brooch, ????exhibits a distinctive method of attaching the spring: it is carried in a semi-cylindrical crossbar which has closed ends to secure the axial rod, while the chord is held by a hook or crest on the head.?? Based on a review of literature, Worrell (unpublished, 2007) dates Polden Hill brooches to AD75-175. Bayley and Butcher (ibid. p 160) state that the main development of this type appears to have taken place in the West Midlands and that more recent finds have confirmed a concentration in this area. | Subjects: | Polden Hill | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Slarke, Duncan - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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