Find Spot record 2775/0/2 - Roman brooch

Large bronze bow brooch with buffer-ended lateral lugs at head, with axial bar still in place. Dorsal decoration along bow consists of 8 inlaid yellow enamel cells: space for missing enamel cells between (contrasting colour in softer paste?). Solid catch-plate; pin missing. 'Polden hill' brooch form. Found by metal detector. 1st century AD. (1)

Large bronze 'Polden Hill' type bow brooch with buffer-ended lateral lugs at head. Axial bar in place. Dorsal decoration along bow consists of eight inlaid yellow enamel cells with space for missing enamel cells in between (contrasting colour in softer paste?). Catch plate intact. Pin missing.
Polden Hill type
Date: from Circa 43 AD (Certain) to Circa 100 AD
Period: ROMAN
Broad Period:
Surface treatment: Enamel
Length: 70 mm
Width: 23 mm
Preservation: good
Completeness: Incomplete

PAS notes: Recorded 4/12/1998 by Stephen Penney. Not a recent find.(2)

<1> Penny S, Various, Portable Antiquities Voluntary Recording Scheme Recording Form, 1998 (Paper Archive). SCH4332.

<2> Portable Antiquities Scheme, Various, Portable Antiquities Data Import, LVPL516 (Digital Archive). SCH5212.