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Description: | A Roman Polden Hill type brooch (AD c. 80-120): The brooch is copper alloy and is incomplete. The wings are semi-cylindrical terminating with perforated wing caps. The wings are decorated with a single fine vertical ridge at each terminal. At the junction of the wings and bow head has an integral hook which holds the chord in place. The copper alloy axis bar has the spring coiled around it nine times with the chord being held in place by the hook. The pin is incomplete. The bowhead is hump-like in profile and with a central vertical column of small invert triangles or lozenges which continues down the bow to the bow foot. Either side of this column on the bow head and bow head there are high-relief lentiods alternating at different angles. At the junction of the bow head and wings, when viewed from the reverse, the lentoid is given more definition, thereby creating, along with the hook, a depiction of a bird head; its' eyes and beak. The bow is oval in section, and gradually tapers to a slightly bulbous foot which is decorated with four horizontal ribs. On the reverse of the bow the catchplate starts below the wings and extends to form a solid, complete catchplate. The surface of the brooch has a well developed dark green patina. It measures 49.84mm long, 22.19mm wide across the wings and weighs 21.6g.The brooch is a Polden Hill type. Bayley and Butcher (2004:160) comment that the distribution of Polden Hill brooches are concentrated in the West Midlands and suggest they date to AD 80 to 120.Bayley and Butcher, 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries
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