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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch. The wings are semi-cylindrical and terminate with a perforated wing cap, both of which are incomplete. The axis bar, spring and pin are all missing. The wings are undecorated. The bow head is hump-like in profile and has a transverse groove where the chord would be positioned through an incomplete perforated lug. This groove is positioned at the junction of the upper edge of the wings and bow head. The bow head is decorated with a rectangular ridge which continues down the bow. This ridge is decorated with fine transverse ridges. The bow is semi-circular in section. The bow gradually tapers to a broken edge. The break is not too recent. The surface of the brooch has an incomplete dark brown coloured patina. It measures 20.01mm long, 20.61mm wide across the wings and weighs 3.6g.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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