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Description: | Incomplete Roman copper alloy Dolphin or Polden Hill brooch. The wings and part of the bow survive. The wings are semi cylindrical in section and the ends, although now worn, may have been enclosed - the criteria which would mark this item out as a Polden Hill style brooch. The wings have a circular dished hollow at the centre which would have allowed movement of the pin fitting. The head of the bow is arched and swollen where it meets the centre point of the wings and has a stepped semi-circular ridge to either side where it meets the wings.The remaining short length of the bow is circular in section. This brooch has been dated in line with Dolphin brooches AD c.55-100 and Polden Hill brooches AD c.75-175, giving an overall date range of AD c.55-175.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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