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Description: | Cast copper alloy Polden Hill brooch length 19mm, width 24mm, thickness 13mm, weight 7.55g. Semi-cylindircal wings with a reward facing lug on either end, the lugs have a hole in the centre which mounts the spring support bar, the spring is made from thirteen curls, the pin is missing. Decoration on the winds consists of three horizontal moulded bands with dot decoration on the apex. The either side of the head is a low shoulder, again with dot decoration at the apex. On the top of the head is a hook for the external cord of the spring, this is now missing, this from the top of a crest that runs down the head and terminates ate a point, also with dots on the surface. The bow is truncated about a third of the way down this is an old break. Otherwise the artefact is in a fair condition retaining mist of its original patina. This artefact dates to AD 75-AD 175
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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