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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch. The wings are semi-cylindrical with incomplete wing cap at each terminal. The axis bar, spring and pin are all missing. There is a small downturned hook at the centre of the upper edge of the wings. The wings are undecorated. The bow head is hump-like in profile and is possibly undecorated, the bow head and bow are both abraded. The bow head tapers to form the an oval sectioned bow which is also undecorated. The bow tapers to a broken point which may be recent damage. On the reverse of the bow, the catchplate starts a the approximate midpoint but it is fragmentary. The brooch has patches of a shiny light grey/green patina. There are also traces of a white metal coating around the wings and bow head. It measures 31.89mm long, 17.77mm wide and weighs 5.1g. The brooch is a Polden Hill type, which probably dates to c. 80 to 120 AD (Bayley and Butcher, 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries p. 160). Bayley and Butcher go on to comment that the distribution of Polden Hill brooches are concentrated in the West Midlands.
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