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Description: | Cast copper alloy Polden Hill type brooch length 64mm, width 26mm, thickness 17mm, weight 19.24g. Rearward facing lugs on either end of the wings would have held the spring support bar, only one half of this remains. The ends of the wings are expanded and have decorative moulding on the forward edge. Remains of a rearward facing loop on the top of the head which would have held the external cord. Two parallel, narrow recessed cells run the length of the head, these would have originally contained enamel. Below this is a central grooved that runs down the length of the bow, this grove has high moulded sides and a zigzag design in the centre. Catch plate on the reverse. Date 80-120AD
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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