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Description: | Squared-off head with remnant of rearward facing hook. At the top of the head is a V-shaped incision. The curving bow is incomplete and decorated with an incised line down at either edge of the front face. The short tubular wings have expanded terminal lugs which are pierced to hold the axis bar. The tubular wings enclose the corroded spring mechanism.
Polden hill type brooches date to the second half of the first century AD. | Subjects: | Polden Hill type | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Herepath, Nick - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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