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Description: | Cast copper-alloy Polden Hill brooch. Mass: 5.6g, length: 39.4mm, width: 18.5mm, depth: 9.4mm. T-shaped in plan, with a gently arched profile, although the lower portion of the bow is bent forward slightly. The side wings are semi-cylindrical, with incomplete end-caps, one of which retains the curved edge of a central piercing, to secure the axis bar. The axis bar and the entire spring mechanism are missing. There are moulded plates on each side of the head, adjoining the side-wings. The brooch has a heavily corroded surface, although in portions a green patina remains, particularly on the front of the side wings. On the head there are the remains of recessed grooves which converge and appear to run down the upper part of the front of the heavily corroded bow. In her "Roman Brooch Timeline", Worrell (2007) dates Polden Hill brooches to AD 75-175.
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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