File:Roman Polden Hill brooch (front, profile, reverse) (FindID 253845).jpg

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Roman Polden Hill brooch (front, profile, reverse)
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Peter Bloore, 2009-05-21 01:32:01
Title
Roman Polden Hill brooch (front, profile, reverse)
Description
English: Cast copper-alloy Polden Hill brooch. Roman period, c. AD 75-175. Mass: 7.3g; width: 23.2mm; depth: 11.6mm. T-shaped in profile with an arched bow. There are pierced end caps on the cross-bar holding a copper-alloy axial rod which secures the (incomplete) spring. A hook or lug on the head holds the remains of the external chord. The bow has a rectangular cross section. The front of the cross-bar and the bow are decorated with vertical grooves.Traces of a white metal coating remain on the surface of the brooch. The bow is broken at the bottom.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Staffordshire
Date between 75 and 175
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FindID: 253845
Old ref: WMID-0CB906
Filename: kb6 0109polden copy.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/211365
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/211365/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/253845
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