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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester derivative, Polden Hill style, brooch of Roman date (43-120AD). The wings are incomplete having lost their end caps through abrasion; they are semi-cylindrical in plan. The axis bar, spring and pin are lost. At the junction of the bow and wings, on the upper edge is the remnant of a rearward facing hook. This hook would have held an external chord from the spring. The bow head is hump-like (comma shaped) in profile. The bow is D shaped in cross section. It extends to a broken blunted point above the foot. The catch-plate is lost; it is formed from a slight rib on the rear of the bow which starts below the head. The brooch is rolled and little decoration is present; the remains of two D shaped projections at the junction of the wings to the bow. The brooch is a mid - dark green colour with an uneven abraded patina. Where abrasion has occurred patches of light green corrosion product are present. Similar brooches can be seen in Richard Hattatt's Visual Guide to Ancient brooches and Bayley and Butcher: Roman Brooches in Britain.The brooch measures 35.6mm length, is 23.8mm width across wings, 6.6mm width across bow, is 5.3mm thick across the bow (at the same point). It weighs 11.45 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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