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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Polden Hill type. The two horizontal wings are semi-cylindrical with incomplete perforated caps at the terminals holding the axis bar. This bar holds the incomplete spring. The copper alloy wire forming the spring would also have formed the pin and the external chord (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 spring and chord (together with the lug in which the chord would have been secured) are all missing.
No decoration is visible on the damaged wings, although, in common with many Polden Hill type brooches, there is a collar where the wings meet the bow. The bow, which has a humped profile, is decorated by two longitudinal linear grooves running down the centre, but much of the surface has been corroded. The bow tapers and is broken towards the foot. There is no catchplate, against which the pin would have been fastened. The brooch has an incomplete well developed, mid-green patina. The brooch measures 24.85mm long, 16.86mm wide and weighs 4.43 g.
Bayley and Butcher (2004, p.159) 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 Based on a review of literature, Worrell (unpublished, 2007) dates Polden Hill brooches to AD 75-175. Bayley and Butcher (2004, 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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