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Description: | A cast copper Roman Brooch; Polden Hill type. The wings are semi-cylindrical with wing caps, however one wing is missing. The remaining incomplete wings' cap has a small central hole which holds the copper alloy axis bar in place. Around the axis bar the copper alloy spring is wound. There appears to be only 3 coils remaining. The pin is missing. There is a down-turned hook in the centre of the upper edge of the wings. This hook would have held the chord bar in place. The bow head is hump-like in profile. The bow head is decorated with three vertical ridges which travel down the bow as well. Either side of the ridges there is a column of high-relief lentoids, which are similar to leaves. The bow terminates with a broken edge at the approximate mid point. The break, and that of the wing, is not recent. The surface of the brooch has a mottled dark green patina. The brooch is in a poor condition. It measures 15.38mm across the wings and 28.84mm long. It weighs 12.9g.The brooch is a Polden Hill type, which probably dates to c. 75 and 175. 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) go on to comment that the distribution of Polden Hill brooches is 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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