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Description: | Cast copper alloy Polden Hill type brooch length 51mm, width 30mm, thickness 17mm, weight 17.12g. Rearward facing lugs on either end of the wings would have held the spring support bar. The ends of the wings are expanded and have decorative moulding on the forward edge. Remains of a rearward facing hook on the top of the head which would have held the external cord. A long thin triangular cell runs down half of the length of the bow, this would have originally held enamel. Catch plate on the reverse. Date 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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