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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch of Polden Hill type. Only the wings, spring and upper part of the bow survive. The brooch has semi-cylindrical wings in cross-section with full sub-circular end-caps with a spring of 8-9 turns between them; the pin is missing. The chord and headloop are present but damaged. The face of the wings are decorated to either side of the head with raised semi-circular rib, followed by a broad longitudinal groove with a raised longitudinal ridge around the endcap forming the end of each wing. The head of the brooch is swollen, comma-shaped in profile, and has a raised elongated triangle-shaped ridge forming a crest running down the centre of the upper part of the bow. The tip of the triangular ridge is rounded rather than pointed with a transverse groove across this tip giving it a phallic appearance. The bow is broken approximately one-third of the way down its length and is broken just below the tip of the crest. The bow is circular in cross-section. Brooches of Polden Hill type are dated AD 75-175.
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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