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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, and terminate with incomplete wing caps. The wings are undecorated. At the upper edge of the wings and bow head there is an integral hook which would have held the chord in place. The axis bar, spring and pin are all missing. The bowhead is hump-like in profile and is undecorated. The bow is oval in section, and gradually tapers to break which is not recent. There are no traces of the catchplate as the bow has broken above it. The surface of the brooch has an incomplete light grey/green coloured patina. It measures 36.44mm long, 23.41mm wide across the wings and weighs 7.9g.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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