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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch. The wings are semi-cylindrical with perforated wing caps at each terminal, however the wing caps are incomplete and the wings are slightly abraded. In the centre of the wings there is a slight indentation which is filled with a black substance. The wings are undecorated. The axis bar, spring and pin are all missing. The bow head is hump-like in profile and is undecorated. The bow is slightly curved in profile and has a oval section. It tapers to a blunt point at the terminal. The bow is undecorated. The reverse of the bow has a fragment of the catchplate remaining. The surface of the brooch has a brown/green patina. It measures 50.79mm long, 30.39mm wide and weighs 20g.The brooch is a Polden Hill type, which probably dates to c. 75 to 175 AD (Worrell, S. 2007 'Roman Brooch Timeline' North-West PAS Newsletter). Bayley and Butcher (Bayley and Butcher, 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries p. 160) comment that the distribution of Polden Hill brooches are concentrated in the West Midlands.
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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