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Description: | A Roman Polden Hill type brooch (AD c. 80-120): The incomplete copper alloy has wings which are semi-cylindrical terminating with perforated wing caps, one of which is incomplete. The wings are undecorated and at the junction of the wings and bow head there is an integral hook which holds the chord in place. The iron axis bar has the spring coiled around it eight times with the chord being held in place by the hook. The pin is fragmentary. The bowhead is hump-like in profile and with a central vertical column as decoration which continues down the bow. The bow is semi-circular in section, and gradually tapers to a broken edge shortly below the wings. The break is probably fairly recent. The surface of the brooch has a well developed mid green patina. It measures 25.93mm long, 21.36mm wide across the wings and weighs 8.7g.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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