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Description: | Incomplete Roman copper alloy Polden Hill type brooch, missing its pin. The brooch is bent to one side roughly at the middle of the bow.The brooch measures 59.5mm in length and weighs 12.38g.The wingspan is 22.1mm, and the axis bar extends a little beyond the wings on one side giving a max.span of 22.7mm. The wings are tubular in shape but hollow and cut away, so a C-shape in profile. The ends are closed with circular lugs, pierced to hold the axis bar in place, as is typical of Polden Hill type brooches.The spring has twelve coils, one of which has broken where it extends into the pin. A chord passes above the spring and this too has broken in part.To the front the wings are decorated with two pairs of vertical grooves and corresponding narrow ribs, one pair flanking each end and the other pair flanking the head of the bow.The bow extends from the front of the wings. It is topped with a forward-facing lug. In section this part of the bow is oval. Beyond the wings, the bow is D-shaped in section and narrower (5.4mm wide compared to 7.6mm wide on the wings).The bow narrows to slight foot (1.7mm wide), defined by a tiny rib. A large triangular catchplate extends to the reverse with an openwork heart shape. This has possibly been caused by a join across the shape having been broken.Cf. Hattatt no.26. 1st century AD in date.
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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