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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 incomplete perforated wing caps. The wings are undecorated. At the upper edge of the wings and bow head there is a trace of an integral lug or hook 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 has traces of a dark brown patina. It measures 22.29mm long, 14.26mm wide across the wings and weighs 3.14g.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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