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Description: | A Roman Polden Hill type brooch (AD c. 80-120): The copper alloy brooch has wings which are semi-cylindrical, and terminate with perforated wing caps. The wings are undecorated. At the upper edge of the wings and bow head there is an integral hook which would have held the chord in place. The copper alloy axis bar has the spring coiled around it six times. The pin is missing. The bowhead is hump-like in profile. The bow is semi-circular in section and is broken recently just beneath the wings. The surface of the brooch is corroded with patches of red copper corrosion and only traces of a dark green patina. It measures 15.66mm long, 20.18mm wide across the wings and weighs 7.87g.The brooch is 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 toAD 80 to 120.Bayley, J. and Butcher, S., 2004Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough CollectionLondon: Society of Antiquaries
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