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BROOCH

Unique ID: HAMP730

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Fragment of an Auscissa or Hod Hill Roman brooch. The bow curves and tapers towards the missing foot. The axis bar is broken and the hinged pin is missing. The plate at the head is flat and narrows slightly towards a pair of cross-mouldings at the top of the bow. The catchplate missing. The brooch is heavily worn and abraded.

Notes:

This record was created before the Portable Antiquities Scheme began using the Central Database. We are aware that this record may fall below our usual standards of recording, and we are working to rectify this.

Class: Auscissa or Hod Hill

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 100

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Width: 11.5 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st August 2000

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
To be known as: HAMPSHIRE COLDEN COMMON

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
Blockley, K., Blockley, M., Blockley, P., Frere, S.S. and Stow, S. 1995 Excavations in the Marlowe Car Park and Surrounding Areas Canterbury The Archaeology of Canterbury Volume V 975 no. 96 fig. 408

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Audit data

Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: 23 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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