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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 a prominent vertical, central ridge. At the junction of the wings and bow head there is an integral hook which holds the chord in place. The copper alloy axis bar remains, with eight coils of the spring around it. Some of the coils are incomplete. The pin is missing. The bowhead is slightly hump-like in profile and decorated with a 'Y' groove and the lug continues as a ridge between the two arms of the groove. The bow is sub-triangular in section, and tapers to a break just as the catchplate starts. Where the break occurs the bow is now sub-oval in section. The surface of the brooch has a well developed dark green/brown coloured patina. It measures 21.69mm long, 21.58mm wide across the wings and weighs 5.7g.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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