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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch. The wings are semi-cylindrical and terminate with a perforated wing cap. The wing caps support a copper alloy axis bar. The spring and pin are all missing. The wings are decorated with transverse grooves with fine horizontal ribbing. The bow head is hump-like in profile. At the junction of the bow head and wings there is the remains of an integral perforated lug. The bow head is decorated by a fine vertical ridge which tapers down the upper portion of the bow. The bow gradually tapers to a break below the mid point. The break is quite recent and probably due to plough damage. The bow a deep semi-circle in section. The bow has a dark green/grey matte patina. It measures 26.62mm long, 19.87mm wide across the wings and weighs 4.8g.The brooch is a Polden Hill type. 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 and suggest they date to AD 80 to 120.
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