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Description: | A cast copper-alloy Roman bow brooch of Polden Hill type. The brooch is incomplete, missing the lower part of its bow, the tip of one of its wings and pin mechanism. The wings are semi-cylindrical and hollow at the reverse. The pin mechanism was probably hinged but is entirely missing. There are moulded plates on the head above the wings, indicating that it is a Polden Hill brooch. A moulded rib decorates the front of the bow, itself decorated with finely moulded lines running down the bow. The remains of an attachment lug for the pin are visible at the top of the head. The brooch has a dark green patina. Traces of ferrous corrosion from the pin are visible on the reverse. The brooch fragment measures 28.22 mm long, 22.3 mm wide at the wings, 13.17 mm thick at the head and weighs 10.1 grams.
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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