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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Roman Polden Hill type brooch with a spring mechanism, missing the lower bow and catchplate and the spring mechanism, pin and part of one wing. It measures 31.2mm in incomplete length and weighs 10.3g.
The wings measure an incomplete 31.9mm and would have originally spanned c.39mm. The complete wing is decorated to the front with three pairs of equidistant vertical grooves. The broken wing has only one and half pairs surviving. To the reverse on the complete wing the pierced lug - typifying the Polden Hill type - is slightly damaged. At the centre of the wings is a circular singly-pierced lug projecting outwards at 90??. At the top, this has further detail in the form of two parallel grooves emphasising a slight decorative rib. Beyond this, at the top of the bow, is a notched triangular-shaped forward projection.
The bow has moulded D-shaped flanks either side as it projects from the wings. The top of the bow has a slight hump and is c.7mm wide. At the (oldish) break, the bow is circular in section and c.4mm in diameter.
1st century. | Subjects: | Polden Hill | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hinds, Katie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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