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Description: | Incomplete Roman Polden Hill brooch (Hull's type 103) of copper alloy. Some of the spring, the chord and the pin are missing. The rest is complete and in good condition. It is covered in a dark patina and has some pale green corrosion product. It measures 40x18mm and weighs 4.93g. Three coils of the spring remain; originally there were probably six. As characteristic of the Polden Hill brooches, the spring is carried within a semi-cylindrical cross bar (18mm wide) which has closed ends to secure the axial rod, which is still present and made of a copper alloy. The cord, now missing, would have been held by the pierced crest on the head of the brooch. The wings of the brooch have a groove at either end. The head is flattened and widened (10.3mm), narrowing to 4m after 14mm. It is fluted. From the crest is a central rib which terminates as the head begins to narrow. Two ribs, one either side of the central rib, meet just below where it terminates creating a V-formation. Either side of each of these are two grooves.The remainder of the bow is undecorated. It is initially triangular in cross section, but gradually becomes flat as the catchplate is approached. The front edge of the foot is apparently cut decoratively; a concave 'C' shape (2.9mm wide) has one smaller concave 'C' either side of it (1.1mm wide). This may be damage, but the symmetry suggests it is intentional.The catchplate is solid.It resembles 383 and 901 (Hattatt 1989), both found in Wiltshire. However, no parallel for the foot has been found, although around a third of Polden Hill brooches have a foot knob (Hattatt 1987, pp 97), so decoration is common in this area of the brooch.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 2004, pp 160).
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