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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch. The wings are semi-cylindrical and terminate with an incomplete perforated wing cap. The axis bar, spring and pin are all missing. The wings are undecorated. The bow head is hump-like in profile. At the junction of the bow head and wings there is the remains of an integral hook. The bow head is undecorated. The bow gradually tapers to a broken edge. The break is not recent as the patina covers the break. The bow is semi-circular in section. The surface of the brooch has a mid green coloured patina. It measures 27.98mm long, 17.32mm wide across the wings and weighs 3.8g.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 suggests they date to AD 80 to 120.
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