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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester Derivative two-piece Polden Hill style brooch of Roman date (75-175 AD). The wings are semi-cylindrical with incomplete perforated wing / end caps. The wing caps are broken and the axis bar spring and pin are lost. A large depression is positioned at the mid point of the wings on the reverse. A rearward facing hook is located at the centre of the wings on the upper edge. The profile of the brooch is curved / comma shaped. The bow head of the brooch is hump-like, and slightly angular. The bow is semi-circular (D-Shaped) in cross section. It tapers to a slight pointed foot. The catch plate on the reverse face of the bow is lost - it would have expanded from a central rib located at the mid point on the bow. The brooch is decorated with a series of simple cast designs. The head of the brooch is decorated with a raised U shaped panel from which two raised / cast lines sweep and converge forming a single rib that descends the bow. At the mid point of the bow - is a slight raised element - a swelling rather than stud. The lower bow is undecorated. The terminals / end plates of the wings are decorated with raised ridges and this is echoed by swelling at the junction with the bow. The brooch is a mid green colour with a relatively thick well preserved polished patina. The abrasion has removed some of this surface - but there is no sign of active corrosion present. Similar brooches can be seen in Richard Hattatt's Visual Guide to Ancient brooches pp 300 fig; 159.The brooch measures 48.4mm length, 26.0m width across the wings and 7.8mm across the bow; it is3.8mm thick at the same point. The brooch weighs 11.5 grams. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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