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Description: | Roman copper alloy bow brooch of T-shaped / Polden Hill type and of 1st or 2nd century AD dateThe brooch is incomplete, missing the leg and pin (with a surviving length of 26.5mm, a surviving depth of 14.2mm and a weight of 7.7g). Half of the spring remains in place, around a copper alloy axis bar and secured between perforated end lugs and the chord tensioned through a lug at the head (Polden Hill lug type arrangement). The ends of the wings are elliptical and are angled inwards slightly (with a wing width of 25.3mm). The wings are decorated near the ends with two vertical grooves each side. The lug on the head develops into a quickly weakening midrib in sunken relief and flanked by a V-shaped moulding. The V-moulding was enhanced with a punched dot border and notches at the apex. The sides of the upper bow have a ribbed border (with a width of 8.3mm and a thickness of 3.4mm), which is stepped to the mid-bow. The mid bow is of D-shaped section, with straight sides converging towards the break (3.8mm wide and 2.9mm thick). The mid-bow section has no decoration. The surface now has a dark brown colour after a recently applied oily coating.
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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