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BROOCH
Unique ID: LEIC-6EB127
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands), cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.b. Plate 46. It is 33mm long, 26mmm wide and 16mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 12.04 grams. The brooch has semi-circular wings containing a spring of 12 coils and most of the pin. The wings are decorated with a vertical incised line near each end. The bow sits on top of a large circular protrusion and is circular in section. The brooch has snapped just below the start of the catchplate which tapers gently from the bow.
Class:
Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands)
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, 4.b. Plate 46
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 80
Date to: AD 120
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Width: 26 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight: 12.04 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st April 2008
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Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Harborough (District)
Parish or ward: Stoughton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6402
Four figure Latitude: 52.612015
Four figure longitude: -1.056249
1:25K map: SK6402
1:10K map: SK60SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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