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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, one of which is incomplete. The wings are undecorated. At the junction of the wings and bow head has an integral hook. The copper alloy axis bar spring and pin are all missing. The bow head is hump-like in profile and undecorated. The bow is oval in section, and gradually tapers to a broken edge just below the wings. The surface of the brooch has a well developed mid blue/green patina. It measures 19.91mm long, 20.3mm wide across the wings and weighs 5.4g.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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