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Description: | Copper alloy Roman brooch, Polden Hill type. Missing spring, pin, rear hook; damaged catchplate, corroded. Pierced flat plates at the arm ends held the axis bar. Moulded arms. Broad upper bow with slightly concave back, tapers sharply to a point. Notched on the edges on upper part, steps up to a central rib with groove (detail obscured by corrosion). Traces of white metal surface except on the back. Width 21mm, length 30mm. Examples from WMH 005 (Steadman 1992) and CDD 019 (no.13c) have the same proportions, but not the flat broad upper bow. It is more similar to Hattatt no. 901 (from N. Wiltshire) which is a pierced lug type of Polden Hill - as indeed the present example might be, the whole of the crest is too corroded to be certain. The type is mainly found in western England (lower Severn area).
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