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Description: | Roman Polden Hill brooch of copper alloy with an iron spring mechansim. The pin and cord are missing, the catchplate and foot are broken. Otherwise the brooch is in good condition. It measures 45x30mm and weighs 20.16g.It is likely that there were eight coils to the iron spring. As characteristic of the Polden Hill brooches, the spring is carried within a semi-cylindrical cross bar (30mm wide) which has closed ends to secure the axial rod. The cord, now missing, would have been held by the pierced crest on the head of the brooch. The cross bar of the brooch has three ridges and two grooves either side of the bow. The head of the bow is triangular in cross section and 7.5mm wide when it emerges from the cross bar. The bow tapers towards a point at the foot becoming rectangular in cross section. It is decorated by three ridges. A central ridge 17mm long, which is separated from the crest by three grooves, continues the crest's line. Either side of the bow are two ridges that terminate at the same point as the central ridge. The catchplate was perforated.The 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).
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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