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BROOCH
Unique ID: WAW-9695A3
Object type certainty: Certain
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Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4j,), c.f. Mackreth Type 4.j. Plate 48, AD c. 70-175. The copper alloy brooch has a semi-cylindrical wings which are short and undecorated. The axis bar, spring and pin are all missing. At the centre of the upper edge of the wings there is an integral hook. The bowhead is angular in profile and the bow is decorated with a a column of lentoid mouldings either side of a vertical rectangular, undecorated panel. The bow is broken when the catchplate starts on the reverse. The bow is a slender pointed oval in section.
The surface of the brooch has a rey-green patina.
It measures 29.77mm in length, 15.58mm in width, and weighs 4.42g.
The brooch is a Polden Hill type, Bayley and Butcher (2004:160) comment that the distribution of Polden Hill brooches are concentrated in the West Midlands and suggest they date to AD 80 to 120. Mackreth (2011) classifies this type as a Type 4j and dates these brooches broadly to c. 70 to 175.
Bayley, J. and Butcher, S., 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection London: Society of Antiquaries
Mackreth, D. F. 2011 Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain Volume 1 Oxford: Oxbow Books
Class:
Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4.j
Sub class: Mackreth Type 4.j. Plate 48
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 70
Date to: Circa AD 175
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.77 mm
Width: 15.58 mm
Weight: 4.42 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 26th March 2018 - Monday 26th March 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finders Ref.: 651
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Morton Bagot (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP1163
Four figure Latitude: 52.26505355
Four figure longitude: -1.84023963
1:25K map: SP1163
1:10K map: SP16SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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