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Description: | Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill type, dating to the 1st century ADThe brooch is near-complete, missing the pin and has a distorted bow (with a distorted length of 67.0mm, a depth of 14.9mm and a weight of 14.9g). The spring mechanism is accommodated between terminal lugs, only one of which is perforated. It is unclear whether the lug without a perforation is worn and damaged and has lost the perforation, or whether it was ever perforated. The spring is wound around a copper alloy axis bar and the chord is secured above the head with a claw (with a wing width of 20.6mm). One wing terminal is decorated with a rope moulding in sunken relief, while the other, unperforated terminal is plain. The wing with the plain terminal has a circular perforation (2.3mm diameter) at the front of the wing and two ends of the spring are evident within the perforation, suggesting a repair to the brooch. The plain and non-perforated terminal on this end may also be the result of secondary modification or repair. The bow has slight stepped mouldings each side at the head and is of oval section immediately beneath the head (with a width of 10.1mm and a thickness of 8.7mm), before stepping to a D-shaped section. The sides of the bow are straight and convergent towards the foot. The bow is decorated V-shaped moulding terminating in an oval knop with a central groove. The catch-plate begins as a rib and arcs to the catch. The catch-plate is decorated with two openwork triangles and the corners of the triangles are enhanced with grooves. The foot is slender and projects forward slightly. The surface has a green to brown patina.
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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