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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 being broken / eroded at the tips. They are semi-cylindrical in plan - but the end caps are lost. The axis bar, spring and pin are also lost. At the junction of the bow and wings is a sub rectangular cast hollow, which is thought to have been filled with a type of adhesive paste. On the upper edge of the brooch 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 and abraded edge below the head. The lower bow, foot and catch-plate are lost. The brooch is decorated with a single cast rib that runs down the spine, most likely descending from the rearward hook. There are also the remains of two D shaped projections at the junction of the wings to the bow. The brooch is a mid green colour with an even but abraded polished 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 BritainThe brooch measures 15.8mm length, is 18.1mm width across wings, 7.7mm width across bow, is 3.1mm thick across the bow (at the same point). It weighs 3.56 grams. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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