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Description: | A copper alloy Polden Hill type brooch dating to the 1st century AD. The brooch is T-shaped in plan. The wings are cylindrical and house the copper alloy axis bar for the hinged pin mechanism. The ends of the wings are decorated with vertical grooves. The bow of the brooch projects forwards rising out from the wings before tapering down where it terminates in an ancient break. The bow is decorated with a diagonal groove at each side below the wings above which is a punched dot on each side. Below this a vertical groove borders the edges of the brooch while a central vertical grove is further decorated with small transverse groves. Between the central and outer grooves are more worn punched dots. The foot, catchplate and pin of the object are missing. The rear of the brooch is undecorated. The object has a dark brown patina.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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