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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Roman Polden Hill type brooch dating to the period c. AD 75 - 175. The pin, the leg, the foot and the catchplate are missing. The brooch measures 33.16mm in length, 22.19mm maximum width, 3.19mm minimum width, 13.16mm thick and weighs 9.91g.The C shaped wings project from either side of the head. Each temrinates in a perforated end cap housing the copper alloy axis bar for the spring mechanism. The wings house the spring which consists of eight loops wth a ninth loop threaded through an external chord on the top of the head. Each wing is decorated with two wide longitudinal grooves separated by narrow ridges. The body arches back from the head and tapers to an old break. It exhibits a longitudinal ridge with commences at the external chord and runs down the length of the body to the break point. The reverse of the bow exhibits a triangular recess just behind the head. The brooch has a dark green patina.Cf. Hattat, R, 2007, p. 300, no. 26.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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