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Description: | Roman Polden Hill type brooch. Humped head with rearward facing hook on the top and oval mouldings to either side. Semi-cylindrical wings with pierced terminal lugs supporting the iron axis bar. Bronze spring in situ, traces of iron pin remain. Part of the chord remains attached to the backwards facing hook on the top of the head. The tapering bow has median double ridge and central groove and is decorated down each side with classic 'Celtic' swirling motif in silver inlay or niello. The foot and catchplate are missing.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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