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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy Roman brooch, probably a Polden Hill variant dating to the later 1st to mid-2nd century AD. The brooch consists of the wings, a triangular moulding on the top of the bow and a fragment of the lower bow. The foot, catch plate, spring and pin are all missing. The wings are plain apart from a thin incised line around the end caps. The triangular bow moulding consists of a raised central ridge with low ribbed mouldings and linear decoration down either side. The central ridge terminates at the top of the bow in a small loop for the spring mechanism. There are several variants of the Polden Hill style, and this one does not fit neatly in to one or another, however it shares characteristics with those of Variant 3. Similar brooches are illustrated in Hattatt (2000) no. 901 and Mackreth (2011) no. 1735 (plate 50).
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