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Description: | A Roman Polden Hill type brooch (AD c. 80-120): The copper alloy brooch is incomplete. The wings are semi-cylindrical, and terminate with perforated wing caps. The wings are decorated with a notched ridge at each terminal. At the upper edge of the wings and bow head there is a large integral hook which holds the chord in place. The copper alloy axis bar is supported by the wing caps and has the spring coiled around it eleven times. The pin is missing. The bowhead is hump-like in profile and is undecorated. The bow is undecorated, semi-circular in section and tapers to a broken edge towards the foot. The break is quite recent. On the reverse of the bow there is a trace of the catchplate which starts just below the wings. The surface of the brooch has a shiny green/brown coloured patina. It measures 30.3mm long, 21.21mm wide across the wings and weighs 11.05g.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 AD 80 to 120.Bayley, J. and Butcher, S., 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection London: Society of Antiquaries
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