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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Polden Hill brooch dating from the Roman period. Mass: 8.0g; length: 30.3mm; width: 18.1mm; depth: 14.1mm. The brooch is T-shaped in plan, with a humped, comma shaped profile. There is a moulded ??plate?? on each side of the head, adjoining the semi-cylindrical wings. There is also a hook on the head securing the external chord (see below). The wings have incomplete end-caps which are pierced to hold the copper alloy axis bar, which remains in situ. The spring and external chord are largely complete and are visible at the rear of the brooch, but the pin is missing. The bow has a sub-oval, almost D-shaped profile with a ridge running down the reverse (the remains of the catchplate).
The brooch has a pitted green surface, although a smoother green/brown patina remains on small portions of the brooch, particularly on the head and wings 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.?? In her ??Roman Brooch Timeline??, Worrell (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 region. | 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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