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Description: | A cast copper alloy Polden Hill brooch of early Roman date. The incomplete brooch measures 40.4mm in length and weighs 6g. One side of the semi-cylindrical wings has broken off. They would have concealed the missing spring for the pin, also missing. The surviving side of the wings is decorated with two vertical ridges, one in the centre and one at the end. The projecting bow is also decorated with a central ridge which would have formed part of the incomplete chord. The bow is very narrow at the base, behind which is the incomplete perforated catchplate. A broadly similar although slightly more elaborate brooch from London can be seen in Hattatt's Visual Catalogue (no. 26, fig. 159, p. 300).
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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