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Description: | Roman Polden Hill type brooch (ADc. 80-120): The copper alloy brooch has wings which are semi-cylindrical, and terminate with perforated wing caps. The wing caps support a copper alloy axis bar around which there are the remains of an iron spring. The wings are decorated with two wide vertical ridges. At the upper edge of the wings and bow head there is a perforated lug which would have held the chord. The pin is missing. The bowhead is only slightly hump-like in profile, but is shallow in depth. At the bow head and bow there is a high-relief lozenge outline, beneath which there may be traces of two slender vertical cells before the bow is broken. On the reverse there are two casting flaws which are perforated bubbles on the surface. The bow has an asymmetrical pointed oval section. The reverse of the bow does not have any traces of the catchplate remaining. The surface of the brooch has a light grey abraded patina. It measures 23.93mm long, 20.27mm wide across the wings and weighs 7.01g.The brooch is probably a Polden Hill type, but does also resemble a head stud type in its decoration. 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 CollectionLondon: Society of Antiquaries
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