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BROOCH
Unique ID: PUBLIC-116936
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman copper alloy brooch of T-shaped type dating to the 1st or 2nd century AD
The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin, catch plate and foot. (surviving length of 30.2mm and a weight of 4.6g). The missing pin was hinged within tubular wings (with a total length of 13.1mm and width of 4.5mm). The wings are decorated with a groove and rib near the tips. An integral chain-loop extends vertically outwards from the top of the bow. The upper bow is of D-shaped section (width at head 8.4mm and a length of 20.8mm)) and with straight sides that converge slightly to a rounded button with knurled decoration. The bow has a stepped border on both sides. The bow is decorated with a raised diamond shaped moulding that has a central circular recessed cell. The diamond is flanked by two arched recessed cells. No enamel survives but the cells would have contained alternating coloured enamel. The brooch has a green patina with remnant traces of silvering or tinning on both the front and reverse of the bow.
T-shaped brooches tend to be very variable in form and decoration. The brooch corresponds with T-shaped types which have a distribution largely concentrated around the Lower Severn and outlined by Hattatt (1987, pp 100-103) and corresponds to Hull's type 108-111.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.2 mm
Weight: 4.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st July 2011 - Monday 1st August 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMWPA 2011.146.2
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Bridgend (Unitary Authority)
District: Bridgend (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Merthyr Mawr (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SS8877
Four figure Latitude: 51.480832
Four figure longitude: -3.614252
1:25K map: SS8877
1:10K map: SS87NE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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