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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch. The wings are semi-cylindrical with perforated wing caps at each terminal. Through the perforations there is a copper alloy axis bar. Around the axis bar, the spring is coiled 10 times. The exterior coils then go on to form the now incomplete horizontal chord. The pin is missing. The wings are undecorated. In the centre of the upper edge of the wings there is an integral hook which supports the chord. The bowhead is hump-like in profile and is semi-circular in section. The upper portion of the bow is decorated with a 'V' shaped shallow cell. The lower portion of the bow tapers to a blunt point. This portion of th brooch is also bent slightly to one side. The catchplate is missing. The break is not recent. The surface of the brooch has an incomplete well developed green/grey patina. It measures 43.98mm long, 21.03mm wide and weighs 12g.The brooch is a Polden Hill type, which probably dates to c. 75 to 175 AD (Worrell, S. 2007 'Roman Brooch Timeline' North-West PAS Newsletter). Bayley and Butcher (Bayley and Butcher, 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries p. 160) comment that the distribution of Polden Hill brooches are concentrated in the West Midlands.
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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