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Description: | A Roman bopper-alloy brooch of Polden Hill type. It is bi-laterally sprung with 7 coils, the chord is held by a flattened backward facing hook on the top of the head. The wings are semi-cylindrical, the axis bar is held by pierced circular plates at the ends of the wings. The bow is drop-shaped in section and tapers to such a degree that the catch-plate is the same thickness as the end of the bow, the foot is plain, there is no obvious moulding or other decoration on the head, wings or bow. The catchplate which is slightly bent, is triangular with a large triangular aperture. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 75
175 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rhiannon Harte | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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