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Description: | Cast copper alloy Polden Hill type brooch length 41mm, width 25mm, thickness 27mm, weight 12.84g. Rearward facing lugs on either end of the wings which hold the spring support bar, the spring is made from eleven curls, the pin is complete. There is a rearward facing loop at the top of the head which holds the external cord for the spring. There is a small crest on the top but the rest of the bow is plain except for stepped shoulders flanking the sides of the head. The wings are decorated with a series of vertical ridges. The catch plate on the reverse is open with a single triangular aperture. Date 80-120AD
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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