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BROOCH
Unique ID: PUBLIC-0B06F2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Iron Age copper alloy bow brooch of Colchester-one-piece type and of 1st century AD date
The brooch is incomplete, missing the spring and catch-plate and is distorted (with a distorted length of 45.0mm, a straightened length of approximately 77mm, a depth of 27.1mm and a weight of 6.1g). The missing spring would have been positioned behind wings, which are both bent against the head in opposite directions (with a distorted width for the wings of 11.8mm) and the chord was tensioned above the head with a rearward claw. The bow is of sub-rectangular section near the head (with a width of 5.2mm and a thickness of 3.1mm) and gradually thins and narrows along the bow. The sides of the bow are straight and converge towards the pointed foot and no applied decoration is discernible on the bow. The remnants of the catch-plate survive at the rear of the leg. The surface of the brooch is poorly preserved with a dark-green patina, and elsewhere has areas of brown surface loss.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 1
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 77 mm
Weight: 6.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 10th September 2010 - Wednesday 6th October 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMWPA 2010.121.13
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Aylesbury (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP8110
Four figure Latitude: 51.78281
Four figure longitude: -0.827203
1:25K map: SP8110
1:10K map: SP81SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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