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Description: | Roman copper alloy bow brooch of Polden Hill / T-shaped type and of 1st or 2nd century AD dateThe brooch is fragmentary, represented by the head and upper-bow only (with a surviving length of 25.9mm, a surviving depth of 9.7mm and a weight of 7.0g). The brooch employed a spring mechanism, now lost secured within semi-tubular wings between lateral lugs (with a width of 27.5mm and a diameter of 6.7mm) with the chord tensioned by a lug at the head. The front of the wings are decorated with prominent ribs and grooves. The bow has mouldings at the side of the head (with a width of 8.5mm), after which, the bow is of D-shaped section and has straight sides, gradually converging towards the break. The bow is heavily corroded with no surviving decoration now discernible. The surface has remnants of a black patina and elsewhere has corroded mid-green.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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