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Description: | A Roman Polden Hill type brooch (ADc. 80-120): The copper alloy brooch is incomplete with most of the bow missing. The wings are semi-cylindrical, and terminate with an incomplete perforated wing cap. The wings are undecorated. At the upper edge of the wings and bow head there is an integral lug which would have held the chord in place. The axis bar, spring and pin are missing. The bowhead is hump-like in profile and is undecorated. The bow is oval in section and tapers to a broken edge. The surface of the brooch has an abraded surface which is very dark grey, and may be a type of coating rather than a patina. It measures 29.89mm long, 16.56mm wide across the wings and weighs 5.39g.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 to AD80 to 120.Bayley, J. and Butcher, S., 2004Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection London: Society of Antiquaries
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