LANCUM-315FF0: LANCUM-315FF0: Early Roman Polden Hill type brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: LANCUM-315FF0

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Foot of cast cu-alloy early Roman brooch dating from ca. AD50-100, probably from a Polden Hill type. Only the foot and rest for pin survive. The foot ends in a small moulded head stud and the upper body/bow is much thicker than the foot plate. The pin rest is curved and its underside decorated with three bundles of two grooves each.

Class: Polden Hill

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 24 mm
Width: 12 mm
Thickness: 4 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st October 2007

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Cotswold (District)
To be known as: Gloucester

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Recording Institution: LANCUM
Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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