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Description: | A Roman Polden Hill type brooch (AD c. 80-120): The copper alloy brooch is incomplete. The wings are semi-cylindrical terminating with incomplete perforated wing caps. The wings are undecorated. At the junction of the wings and bow head there is the remains of an integral hook. The copper alloy axis bar spring and pin are all missing. The bow head is hump-like in profile and decorated with two vertical, parallel grooves. The bow is oval in section, and gradually tapers to a broken edge just below the wings. The surface of the brooch has an incomplete well developed mid grey/green patina. It measures 18.39mm long, 17.08mm wide across the wings and weighs 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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