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Description: | Cast copper alloy Polden hill brooch, length 21mm, width 16mm, thickness 9mm, weight 3.48g. Semicircular, concave cross-section wings that have backward facing lug at either end. Both lugs have been truncated down that centre, a hole where the spring support bar would have been mounted is still visible. There is a grooved line running down the centre of the forward edge of each wing. On the top of the head is the remains of a backwards facing lug which holds the external chord of the spring, a crest runs down the centre of the head from the lug down that length of the brooch. The lower part of the leg has been damaged resulting in the upper layers flaking away, this has resulted in the loss of the catch plate. Traces of silver are visible in some of the less exposed areas showing that the artefact was originally silvered This artefact is in a fair condition with much of the original patina remaining. These are dated to 80-120AD.
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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