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Description: | Copper alloy Roman brooch, Polden Hill/Dolphin type, dating to the 1st century. The brooch has cylindrical wings which are undecorated. The pin appears to have been a hinge mechanism although only a tiny portion of it survives and this is corroded. The bow is wide at the head and has a humped profile. It is undecorated although some decoration may have worn off, the bow tapers towards the foot but the pin, foot and catchplate do not survive. The brooch weighs 8.56g and measures 26mm in width and 27mm in length. | 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: | 1
100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Anna Marshall | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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