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Description: | A Roman Polden Hill type brooch (AD c. 80-120): The brooch is copper alloy and 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 has the remains of an integral hook. The axis bar, spring, chord and pin are all missing. The bowhead is hump-like in profile and is undecorated except for three very small knops behind the hook. The bow is sub-oval in section, and gradually tapers to a break towards the foot, which is recent. On the reverse of the bow the catchplate starts below the wings and extends to form the catchplate which is fragmentary. The surface of the brooch has an incomplete mid brown/green patina. It measures 41.32mm long, 25.38mm wide across the wings and weighs 8.8g.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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