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Description: | Cast copper-alloy brooch dating from the Roman period. Polden Hill type. Incomplete. Mass: 27.4g; length: 65.9mm; width: 32.0mm; depth: 23.5mm. 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 a hook on the top of the head holding the external chord. The wings have pierced end-caps holding the iron axis-bar. The spring is largely complete although the pin is missing. The bow has a D-shaped profile with a ridge running down the reverse (the remains of the catchplate and its web). The bow is broken at the bottom. The brooch has a pitted green surface, although a smoother green patina remains on portions, particularly on the sides of the head, the wings and the rear of the bow. The patina has a silvery sheen suggesting that the brooch had a white metal coating. There are horizontal finishing marks on the reverse 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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