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Description: | Cast copper-alloy brooch. Roman period. Probably Polden Hill type. Incomplete. Mass: 10.3g; length: 27.4mm; width: 23.4mm; depth: 11.8mm. The brooch is T-shaped in plan, with a humped, comma shaped profile. There is a moulded "plate" on each side of the head, adjoining the semi-cylindrical wings. There is the stub of a hook on the top of the head. The wings have incomplete end-caps. There are the remains of a pierced central cavity in one end cap (to hold the copper alloy axis bar, which is missing). The spring, pin [and ?external chord] are also missing. The bow has a sub-rectangular, almost D-shaped profile and it is broken at the bottom. There is a concave cavity on the break, possibly a setting for a glass pellet or suchlike. On the front of the brooch, there is a sub-triangular recess on the head which adjoins ?three gently tapering ribs which run down the centre of the bow. The brooch has a pitted green surface, although a smoother green patina remains on small portions, particularly on the sides of the head and the rear of the bow.Bayley and Butcher (ibid. p159) explain that the Polden Hill type of brooch, "...exhibits a distinctive method of attaching the spring: it is carried in a semi-cylindrical crossbar which has closed ends to secure the axial rod, while the chord is held by a hook or crest on the head." In her "Roman Brooch Timeline", Worrell (2007) dates Polden Hill brooches to AD75-175. Bayley and Butcher (ibid. p 160) state that the main development of this type appears to have taken place in the West Midlands and that more recent finds have confirmed a concentration in this region.
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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