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Description: | A fragment of a copper alloy Roman Polden Hill brooch. Only the head and upper part of the bow survives. To the rear of the head there is an open slot where the spring would have sat with a substantial, solid end-cap on the one surviving end, which is c.4mm wide. The remains of a rear facing hook can be seen on the top of the bow. The bow itself is bulbous and comma shaped in profile. Both bow and head appear undecorated, but are highly corroded.The size of the end caps on the head suggest that this fragment belongs to Mackreth's (2011, 78) 'Eastern Group', and probably the undecorated sub-group 6.a8, which usually have springs 'fitted into sections left for them in what are in effect solid wings' (ibid.). The dates cited by Mackreth for this group suggest that the floruit for production was c.AD43-75, but perhaps tailing off into the early 2nd century.Length: 22.11mm, width: 14.87mm, thickness: 6.78mm, weight: 3.00g
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