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BROOCH
Unique ID: GLO-1738EA
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
The lower bow, foot and catchplate only of a Roman brooch, probably a trumpet derivative of the 1st or 2nd century AD. The head of the brooch has been truncated form the moulded bow. The remaining detailing has a circular stud and moulded knee below that would have formed the apex of the bow. The lower leg is undecorated and terminates in a mould foot, catch plat on the reverse is complete.
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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: 44.2 mm
Width: 9.7 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight: 4.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 9th July 2020
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
District: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Cromhall
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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