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Description: | Incomplete Polden Hill brooch of copper alloy. The head of the brooch is complete, as is the cord and much of the spring. The pin is missing along with most of the bow and the object is covered in a black patina with some pale green corrosion product. The fragment measures 15x24mm and weighs 5.70g.The spring has eight turns and is held within the characteristic semi-cylindrical crossbar which has closed ends to secure the axial bar. The cord is past through a perforated crest on the head of the brooch. The arms of the cross bar each have a pair of ridges at their ends and a trio of ridges near the bow. The bow is 'V' shaped with a groove along each of its inner sides. It is very similar to object 376 in Hattatt (1985), which is of unknown provenance. Polden Hill method of pin attachment first appears in Neronian contexts (54-68AD) but most are recovered from later contexts (c.80-c.120AD) (Bayley and Butcher).
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