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BROOCH
Unique ID: GLO-FF8365
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Transitional Type, Group 3, flat wing ends, Pength 39mm, width 20mmlate 45) Manufactured middle Severn Valley.
l,g. Semi-cylindircal wings with a reward facing lug on either end, the lugs have a hole in the centre which would have held the spring support bar, stepped shoulder flank the head, small ring decoration covers the head. The leg narrows to a point, remains of a catch plate on the reverse. The artefact is in a good condition retaining most of its original patina. Thickness 18mm, weight 14.93. This artefact dates to AD 75-200.
Class:
Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Transitional Type, Group 3, flat wing ends, Plate 45) Manufactured middle Severn Valley.
Sub class: Mackreth 2011. 3.e. Plate 46
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 75
Date to: AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39 mm
Width: 20 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight: 14.93 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st June 2008
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2360
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Forest of Dean (District)
To be known as: Taynton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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