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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch dating from the late 1st to early 2nd centuries, circa AD80-120. The brooch is a Polden Hill type. The head of the brooch including the wings and the remains of a spring hook survive. The bow terminates to a broken terminal just below the wings. The majority of the bow, foot, spring and pin are missing due to old breaks. The condition of the remaining brooch is extremely worn due to movement in the plough soil. The wings are hollow with ends that are rounded by wear. A slight central knop is present above the wings which is the surviving stub of the spring hook. The bow head is hump-like in profile. A moulded raised step between the wings and the head of the brooch is just discernible. No decoration has survived. The bow has a D-shaped cross section. The brooch has a dark green patina which patches of light brown wear. The length of the brooch is 16.93mm. The width at the wings is 13.69mm. The width of the bow just below the wings is 5.19mm and the thickness at the same point is 5.26mm. Weight is 4.0g.A comparable Polden Hill type brooch is recorded in Bayley and Butcher, 2004 Roman Brooches in Britian: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries, p159, fig 128. Bayley and Butcher comment that Polden Hill brooches are typically found in the West Midlands area and date from circa AD80-120.
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