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Description: | A Roman Polden Hill type brooch (AD c. 80-120): The incomplete copper alloy brooch has wings which are semi-cylindrical terminating with perforated wing caps. The wings are decorated with two pairs of double-stranded linear grooves on each. At the junction of the wings and bow head there is an integral perorated lug which holds the chord in place. Only a fragment of a copper alloy axis bar remains, and only three coils of the spring remains. The pin is missing. The bowhead is hump-like in profile and decorated with a vertical ridge on the upper portion only. The bow is sub-oval in section, and tapers to a blunt foot. On the reverse there is a complete, solid catchplate. The surface of the brooch has a well developed dark green patina. It measures 34.62mm long, 22.32mm wide across the wings and weighs 7.5g.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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