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Description: | A Roman copper alloy incomplete Polden Hills brooch (AD80-120). The spring is enclosed in semi-cylindrical wings with perforated closed ends to secure the axis bar. At the head the brooch is a hook through which the external chord would pass. The spring, pin and axis bar are now missing. The bow tapers in steps until midway down the length where the cross section changes to circular. The stepped section of the bow is decorated with vertical and chevron grooves. The foot is missing.
Dimensions: length 26.83mm; width 21.89mm; thickness 3.08mm; weight 5.75g
Reference: J Bayley and S Butcher Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection. pp.89-90. | 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: | 80
120 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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