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Description: | A Roman Polden Hill type brooch (ADc. 80-120): The copper alloy brooch is incomplete. The wings are semi-cylindrical, and terminate with perforated wing caps. The wings are decorated with two transverse grooves. At the upper edge of the wings and bow head there is an integral lug which holds the chord in place. The copper alloy axis bar has the spring coiled around it seven times. The pin is missing. The bowhead is slightly hump-like in profile, is slender and is decorated with a central vertical ridge. The bow is oval in section and tapers to break which occurs just above the mid point of the bow. The surface of the brooch has an incomplete light brown patina which has traces of a white metal alloy coating. It measures 18.42mm long, 17.59mm wide across the wings and weighs 3.38g.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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