File:WMID-F90C22. Roman Polden Hill brooch (front, profile) (FindID 263361).jpg

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WMID-F90C22. Roman Polden Hill brooch (front, profile)
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Peter Bloore, 2009-12-08 13:32:59
Title
WMID-F90C22. Roman Polden Hill brooch (front, profile)
Description
English: Cast copper-alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands) type, cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.c. Plate 46 . Mass: 8.1g; length: 33.5mm; width: 18.8mm; depth: 14.7mm. T-shaped in plan with a rearward facing hook on the head. The side-wings are semi-cylindrical, with pierced end caps holding the copper-alloy axial rod. Corroded traces of the iron spring remain. There are moulded plates on the side of the head and there is a notched and grooved median decoration running down the front of the head and bow, with an incomplete ?triangular grooved decoration towards the corroded and incomplete base of the brooch. The brooch has a green/brown patina, but areas have been lost, leaving a pitted, lighter green surface in parts.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Staffordshire
Date between 80 and 120
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FindID: 263361
Old ref: WMID-F90C22
Filename: jl 2 0509 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/231795
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/231795
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/263361
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