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Description: | A Roman Polden Hill type brooch (AD c. 80-120): The copper alloy brooch is fragmentary. The wings are semi-cylindrical, and terminate with incomplete perforated wing caps. The wings are decorated with a transverse ridge. At the upper edge of the wings and bow head there is a trace of an integral hook which would have held the chord in place. The axis bar, spring and pin are missing. The bowhead is very angular in profile, forming an inverted 'L' shape. It is decorated with a central single ridge which extends down the bow. The bow tapers to a broken edge just below the wings. The bow is an elongated oval in section. The surface of the brooch has traces of a shiny light green patina. It measures 10.13mm long, 16.8mm wide across the wings and weighs 2.27g.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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