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Description: | The brooch is made of cast copper alloy. The length, from the bow head to the bow is 13.8mm, across the wings it is 22.6mm. The wings are semi-cylindical. One terminal has a wing cap remaining, which is itself incomplete. The other terminal is missing, and the break is not recent. The axis bar, spring and pin are missing. The bow head is slightly hump-back, and is sub-rectangular in section. It is decorated with a prominent vertical ridgewhich rises above the wings. Usually you would expect this to be either a hook or loop to support the spring, but this is does not occur. Instead it is solid which integrates with the upper edge of the wings. The bow is broken immediately below the bow head. This break is not recent. The brooch has a mid grey coloured patina. This brooch is possibly a Polden Hill type with the semi-cylindircal wings, but the bow head is more angular than hump-like. Possibly the brooch is dated to the 1st to 2nd centuries. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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