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Description: | Incomplete fragment of a copper alloy two-piece Colchester derivative (Polden Hill) brooch of Roman date (43-150 AD). The wings of the brooch are heavily abraded and are semi-cylindrical in plan. The end / wing caps do not survive. The pin, axis bar and spring of the brooch is missing. It is likely that the spring was attached to a rearward facing hook, located at the centre of the wings on the upper edge. The area where the hook is located is badly abraded. The bow head is hump-like, and slightly angular. The bow is semi-circular (D-Shaped) in section. It tapers to a broken point near the foot. The break is not recent. The brooch measures 30.3mm length, 12.2mm width, and is 10.3mm thick. It weighs 5.17 grams. The brooch is decorated with a number of cast and applied motifs. These are arranged around a central cast vertical rib that extends from the head of the brooch. On either side of this rib are two sub oval depressions flanked by small sub -triangle depressions. These areas would have been filled with enamel. This no longer survives. Other cast linear lines are present on the head of the brooch. This design has been distorted by abrasion. The brooch is a mid green brown colour with an even but abraded patina. This abrasion is probably caused by movement in the plough soil. It has resulted in damaging the areas around the extremities of the brooch, especially the wing / end caps. There are also several areas of light green active corrosion present. Similar brooches can be seen in Margaret Snape's book; Roman Brooches of North Britain, 1993: pp 10-13, fig 1.9.
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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