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Description: | Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill type and of 1st century AD dateThe brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and upper bow only (with a surviving length of 29.1mm, a surviving depth of 9.1mm and a weight of 3.5g). The missing spring was secured between lateral lugs and the chord was tensioned by a lug at the head. A broken fragment of the copper alloy chord remains within the lug and has broken comparatively recently. The wings are complete (with a width of 15.0mm), and are without discernible decoration. The bow is circular sectioned (with a diameter of 4mm) with a consistent diameter as far as the break. There is no applied decoration evident on the bow and there is no catch-plate evident on the rear of the bow before the break. The surface has a pale-green patina with patches of black surface; file marks are preserved beneath the patina on the underside of the wings.The brooch is of a somewhat unusual form and is difficult to closely parallel with the straight-sided, circular sectioned bow and lack of applied decoration
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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