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BROOCH
Unique ID: SOM-354CC2
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a Roman copper-alloy T-shaped brooch dating to the late first to early second century AD. The artefact consists of a cylindrical wing which would to hold the axis bar for the hinged pin. the axis bar is still visible within the wing, the wing has a number of horizontal incisions which are abraded.
It is now 16.35 mm long, 6.85 mm wide including the wing and 6.2 mm thick; it weighs 2.78 grams.
T-shaped brooches are very variable in the decoration on their bows. Bayley and Butler (2004:167) suggest this type is mainly South Western in distribution and dates to the later first - early 2nd century AD (c75-150)
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Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.35 mm
Width: 6.85 mm
Thickness: 6.2 mm
Weight: 2.78 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC 020623
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Somerset (County)
District: Sedgemoor (District)
To be known as: Near Cheddar
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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