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Description: | A cast copper-alloy Roman brooch of the Polden Hill type, incomplete in as much as it is missing its pin. At the head is one of the characteristic wing tip plate extensions, pierced to take the axis bar; one has been abraded through. The rearward facing lug which protrudes from the centre of the head would have held the chord of the spring mechanism. The semi-cylindrical wings that cover the spring and have tips that rise slightly to form a ridge. There is a further ridged moulding to each side of the head. The bow is semicircular in cross section. At the head end it features a prominent double ridge moulding. The bow tapers from a width of 5.6mm at head to only c. 2.8mm at the foot. At the foot is a knop formed of a double transverse ridge. For the most part the bow is straight, having curved through over ninety degrees at the head end. The sub-triangular catch-plate survives well with only some abrasions to the curve. The curved element which retains the pin is 11.4mm long; the web is 22.8mm overall. The brooch is well tinned with corroded mid-green metal showing through in places.
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