File:Roman Polden Hill brooch (front, profile, reverse, profile) (FindID 799179).jpg

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Roman Polden Hill brooch (front, profile, reverse, profile)
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Vic Allnatt, 2016-08-15 10:59:29
Title
Roman Polden Hill brooch (front, profile, reverse, profile)
Description
English: An incomplete copper alloy Polden Hill brooch of Roman date, circa (AD 80-120).

The foot of the brooch, catch plate, rearward facing hook, pin, spring and axis bar are all missing. The brooch is 'T' shaped in plan with semi-cylindrical wings. The bow head is hump-like, and slightly angular (comma shaped) in profile. The bow is broad and tapers slightly to a damaged terminal, therefore the foot of the brooch is missing. At the rear of the head of the brooch is a rectangular shaped recess that would have held the coiled spring and pin which are both now missing. The end caps are incomplete. There does not appear to be any decoration on this brooch, however the original surface has been lost and there is a well-developed green coloured patina across all surfaces.

There are many similar examples on the database that have been found across the West Midlands, one example was discovered in Bidford on Avon, Warwickshire (WAW-E3B44C) and (WMID-3A00DE) discovered in Staffordshire. Bayley and Butcher (2004:160) comment that the distribution of Polden Hill brooches is concentrated in the West Midlands. Similar brooches are illustrated by Bayley and Butcher (2004:p.88-89).

The brooch measures 16.35mm in length, 19.77mm width (across damaged wings), 5.53mm thick at the point where the bow begins to taper, and weighs 3.8 grams.

Bayley, J. and Butcher, S., (2004) Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection. London, Society of Antiquaries.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Birmingham
Date between 80 and 120
Accession number
FindID: 799179
Old ref: WMID-B4FBF5
Filename: WMIDB4FBF5.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/578672
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/578672/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/799179
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Object location52° 34′ 56.64″ N, 1° 50′ 51.14″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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