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Description: | Roman (AD 80 to 120) Polden Hill Brooch: An incomplete cast copper alloy brooch whose 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 trace of a hook where the chord would be supported. The bow head is undecorated. The bow is semi-circular in section. The bow gradually tapers to a broken edge which is not recent. The surface of the brooch has a light grey/green coloured patina. It measures 21.92mm long, 19.52mm wide across the wings and weighs 6.3g.The brooch is a Polden Hill type. Bayley and Butcher (2004: 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.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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