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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Colchester Derivative Polden Hill type brooch of the Roman period, dating from AD 75 - AD175.There is around 80% of the brooch remaining, the pin, foot and catch plate are missing, presumably lost in antiquity. The wings of the brooch are wide and concave in shape, they each have semi circular perforated end caps. At the edge of the wings has been decorated with an incised groove at the end of the wing. The remains of a rearward facing hook is present on the head of the bow, this still retains part of the spring. The bow is comma shaped in plan and D shaped in section, it tapers towards the tip at the bottom of the brooch. There is some decoration on the top of the brooch comprising of a thin V or chevron shape madde up of two incised grooves running two thirds of the way down the bow. The wide part of the V is towards the curve of the bow. The reverse is undecorated. The catch plate and foot are not present.The brooch measures 27.4 mm in length and is 19.0 mm wide. It has a thickness of 5.5 mm and weighs 5.3 g.The brooch is a mid green in colour with an even patina. Abrasion caused by movement whilst within the plough soil may have reuslted in the loss of some of the original surface detail. Other examples of this type of brooch have been recorded on the database including WMID-06BBE7 and WMID-C979FB.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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