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Unique ID: GLO-182E8F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy Aucissa brooch that has rolled tubular wings (now distorted) that hold the pin axis bar, there is a slot in the rear for the pin, which is now missing. The bow is a rectangular strip that is decorated with a twin central band defined with recessed borders; this is flanked by a series of horizontal recessed lines, with a linear border surrounding the frame. The base of the central band is bifocaled above the narrowed foot which has the catch plate on the reverse.
Notes:
This item was recorded from images supplied by the finder
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 80
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38 mm
Width: 13 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 25th September 2021 - Wednesday 29th September 2021
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Tewkesbury (District)
Parish or ward: Sandhurst (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO8324
Four figure Latitude: 51.9142666
Four figure longitude: -2.24855926
1:25K map: SO8324
1:10K map: SO82SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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