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Description: | An almost complete copper alloy Roman (AD 75-175) Polden Hill type brooch (of Hull's type 103), missing part of one spring coil. The brooch measures 40.4mm in length and weighs 13.87g.The wingspan is 27.5mm and the wings are semi-circular in cross-section, with a circular lug at each end pierced slightly off-centre to hold the (copper alloy) axis bar. The spring has 12 coils, the thirteenth extending into the pin which tapers to a sharp point. The pin has a 90 degree bent to the shank and unbent would measure c. 31mm. One of the coils close to the pin is incomplete and apparently broken. The coils next to it extends into the pin and has a short tail extending below the coils and specifically below the broken coil. It is possible the pin is a repair.To the front, the wings are un-decorated. The end-caps are slightly taller and thicker at either end.The bow extends in a downwards curve from the top of the wings with a central moulded elongated triangle, across the middle of which the chord rests. The tip of the triangle points along the bow. To either side are prominent mouldings in a V-shaped formation around the triangle, the innermost of which extends almost to the foot of the brooch. At the top of the bow a short, thick rib flanks either side of the bow, formed of two moulded ribs. The top of the bow measures 14.6mm in width.The bow narrows to the foot, which is 1.3mm wide and rounded. The catchplate extends max.14.0mm to the reverse with an intact curl and a circular piercing 2.6mm in diameter. The reverse of the bow is slightly C-shaped in cross-section, as though the edges from the front of the bow have been bent backwards.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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