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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester Derivative two-piece Polden Hill style brooch of Roman date (75-175 AD). One of the wings is lost the other is semi-cylindrical with eroded wing / end caps. The axis bar, spring and pin are lost; the spring would have attached by an external loop which is attached to a rearward facing hook located at the centre of the wings on the upper edge. A large depression is present at the mid point of the reverse - between the wings - this is filled with a mid grey coloured porous cement / adhesive. 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 blunted point. The catch plate on the reverse face of the bow is lost; it expands from a ridge below the head. It is difficult to know if the brooch was decorated due to its eroded state. The brooch is poorly preserved with a mid-green coloured eroded surface patina. Similar brooches can be seen in Richard Hattatt's Visual Guide to Ancient brooches pp 300 fig; 159.The brooch measures 48.9mm length, 16.6mm width across the wings and 7.0mm across the bow; it is 3.1mm thick at the same point. The brooch weighs 6.7 grams.
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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