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BROOCH
Unique ID: WMID-F6FC53
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A fragment from a cast copper-alloy Roman bow brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type), Mackreth 2011, 4.a-4.b, 4c, Plate 46 . Only the head survives and the brooch is in poor condition. The wings were open at the back to hold the pin mechanism and slight moulding above what remains of the wings suggests this may have been a Polden Hill brooch, although this is a little uncertain. The remains of an attachment lug for the spring is visible at the top of the bow. The bow does not appear to have been decorated. The brooch is likely to date to the late first to second centuries AD. It measures 15.47 mm long, 12.97 mm wide across the wings, 8.41 mm thick at the head and weighs 2.4 grams. It has a worn grey to brown patina with areas of green corrosion at the breaks.
Class:
Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type)
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, 4.a-4.b, 4c, Plate 46
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 80
Date to: Circa AD 120
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.47 mm
Width: 12.97 mm
Thickness: 8.41 mm
Weight: 2.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st May 2010 - Thursday 30th September 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Lichfield (District)
Parish or ward: Drayton Bassett (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK1800
Four figure Latitude: 52.597498
Four figure longitude: -1.735691
1:25K map: SK1800
1:10K map: SK10SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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