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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman Polden Hill brooch (AD 75-175). The arms (wings) are semi-cylindrical in cross-section and have an overall width of 20.6mm. They are open at the rear with pierced plates (end-caps) at the ends. One plate is incomplete. There is a narrow vertical groove at the front of each arm, close to the plates. The bow is mildly arched in side view and has a perforated lug at the head for an external chord. A minute portion of the copper-alloy external chord survives within the perforation. On the sides of the upper part of the bow a central rib at the front is flanked on either side by fluting. Where the fluting joins the arms, the width of the bow is 9.9mm. The bow tapers in width to an old abraded break where the width is 1.5mm. Below the fluting, the bow is sub-rectangular in cross-section for a short distance, becomes sub-oval in cross-section, widening in side view and narrowing in front view as it extends downwards. Consequently, at the break, it is sub-rectangular in cross-section. The catch-plate, pin and spring mechanism is missing. This brooch is corroded and pitted and there is no indication of any fettling process. Height: 43.3mm; width: 20.6.mm. Weight: 8.95g.
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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