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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Polden Hill brooch dating to the period c. AD 75 - 175. The brooch measures 16.82mm in length, 16.02mm maximum width, 4.33mm minimum width, is 8.58mm thick and weighs 3.17g. The lower bow, leg, foot and catchplate are missing.The wings are C-shaped in cross section and are decorated with a single ridge. They exhibit pierced end caps to house copper alloy axis bar on which the spring is mounted. One coil of the spring exhibits an old break. The pin projects from the spring and terminates in an old break. One coil of the spring loops upwards and passes through a perforated ridge in the centre of the head. The ridge tapers and continues down the centre of the bow and is flanked by another ridge on each side. The bow narrows on either side just prior to the point at which it terminates in an old break. The broochhas an even dark green patina.Cf. Hattatt, R, 2007, p. 301, no. 901.
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