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Description: | A Roman (AD c. 80-120) Polden Hill brooch: The copper alloy brooch is fragmentary with the wings and a short portion of the bow remaining. Only one side of the wing trmains, and it is semi-cylindrical with an incomplete wing cap. The other wing has broken off and the break was probably recent. The axis bar, spring and pin are all missing. The bowhead is hump-like in profile and is decorated with a fine 'Y' shape with a ridge on either side of this. The bow is sub oval in section, and tapers to a broken edge just below the wings. The surface of the brooch has traces of a mid grey-green patina and is abraded. It measures 17.09mm long, 13.74mm wide across the wings and weighs 3.24g.The brooch is probably 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 AD80 to 120.Bayley, J. and Butcher, S., 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection London: Society of Antiquaries
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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