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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Colchester derivative (Polden Hill) brooch of Roman date (AD 75 to AD 175).Approximately 50% of the brooch is present, with the spring, pin, foot missing and the catch plate incomplete.In plan, the brooch is almost T-shaped, and D-shaped in cross section. The bow head is hump-like, and angular (comma shaped) in profile, with cylindral wings projecting from either side at the top. The base of a rearward facing hook is present at the top of bow, this would have held part of the spring. A double vertical ridge is present on the bow as decoration. A ridge is present at the shoulders between the bow and the wings.The back of the brooch is plain and undecorated. A cylindrical groove is present behind the wings, this would have originally held the spring. Part of the clay casting core is visible on the reverse of the brooch. The catch plate is incomplete and consists of a vertical plate set at right angles to the reverse of the brooch. The folded edge is missing. The foot, spring and pin are missing.The brooch measures 52.5 mm length, is 17.8 mm wide across wings and 11.0 mm thick. It weighs 7.8 g.The brooch is a mid green colour, with an even patina. Abrasion, caused by movement whilst within the plough soil, has resulted in a loss of some of the original surface.Similar brooches can be seen in Richard Hattatt's Visual Guide to Ancient brooches (p 300, fig 159). A similar brooch has been recorded on the PASdatabase as WMID-081AE1.Reference:Hattatt, R. (2000) A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches. Oxbow Books, Oxford.
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