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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 undecorated. At the junction of the wings and bow head there is an integral hook which would have held the chord in place, which is now missing. The copper alloy axis bar remains, and five coils of the spring remains. The pin is missing. The bowhead is hump-like in profile and undecorated. The bow is sub-oval in section, and tapers to a break just as the catchplate starts. The surface of the brooch has traces of a well developed dark green/grey coloured patina. It measures 26.65mm long, 215.67mm wide across the wings and weighs 5.8g.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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