Rights Holder: St. Albans District Council
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Unique ID: BH-3D4E15
Object type certainty: Certain
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A copper-alloy Colchester derivative brooch of Roman (probably mid to late 1st century) date.
The wings are short and have a flat underside. At the centre is a pierced lug, into which the now-missing axis bar would have fitted. Directly above the top of the wings is a second perforation, which contains a portion of the external chord. The humped bow is of flattened-oval section, the width and thickness gradually decreasing towards the bottom, where it has been broken in antiquity The brooch measures 28.4mm long, 13.2mm wide and weighs 3.16g.
Class: Colchester derivative
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 100
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.4 mm
Width: 13.2 mm
Weight: 3.16 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 9th May 2010
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Other reference: Ver 10/179 - 1
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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