Record ID: WILT-D4210B
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman Polden Hill type brooch, dating to the period AD 75- 175. The head of the brooch is cylindrical in shape with complete end caps, and they both have a circumferential groove. On the undersides of the wings, the coils of the spring are exposed. The coil has been wrapped around eleven times, and then the two outer strands of copper alloy have been pulled upwards to the top of the brooches head. The bow arches from the head and tapers inwards towards the catchplate. From the top of the head, it is decorated with very small, fine horizontal grooves. T…
Created on: Monday 6th March 2017
Last updated: Tuesday 21st March 2017
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