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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester derivative (Polden Hill style) brooch of Roman date (43-150AD). The wings are semi-cylindrical with perforated wing / end caps. The wing caps are incomplete and the axis bar, spring and pin are missing. It is likely that the pin / spring would have been attached by an external chord to a (now broken) rearward facing hook. The remnant of this hook is located at the centre of the wings on the upper edge. The reverse of the head of the brooch (between the two wings) has a sub-rectangular shaped recess. The bow head is hump-like, and slightly angular in profile. The bow is D shaped in cross section. It tapers to an abraded broken edge. Originally it would have had a pointed foot. The catchplate extends from a vertical rib which starts 2/3rds of the way along the bow of the brooch. The catch plate is lost and the rib is badly abraded. The pin rest and foot knop are missing. The brooch measures 26.7mm length, 15.1mm width (across wings), 7.2mm width across bow, is 7.4mm thick across the bow and weighs 4.44 grams.
The brooch is abraded and the remains of the decoration are indistinct. It is possible that the bow head and part of the upper bow were decorated with a combination of vertical ribs and annulets. The other visible decoration consists of two ribs at the junction between the brooch and the wing casing, however these too are indistinct. The brooch is a dark greenish brown colour with an even but much abraded patina. Where abrasion has occurred it is most evident on the external faces of the brooch. Movement in the plough soil has also distorted the profile of the brooch. Similar brooches can be seen in Richard Hattatt??s Visual Guide to Ancient brooches pp 300 fig; 159 and Bayley and Butcher: Roman Brooches in Britain pp 89-92. | Subjects: | Polden Hill | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Reavill, Peter - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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