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BROOCH
Unique ID: HAMP-FF2BA1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman Hod Hill type brooch, dating to the 1st century AD. The object is sub-rectangular in cross-section. The incomplete hinged head is rolled over the iron axis bar. The brooch tapers to a rectangular collar before narrowing at the waist. The bow expands slightly before tapering towards two raised horizontal collars. After this the bow tapers towards the foot which is incomplete. The bow is decorated with two raised vertical ridges. The foot is missing and only a small amount of the catch-plate remains on the reverse. The hinge and pin are missing.
Notes:
Class: Hod Hill
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 75
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47.3 mm
Width: 7.75 mm
Thickness: 0.65 mm
Weight: 6.21 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 5th September 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: E3276
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Basingstoke and Deane (District)
Parish or ward: St. Mary Bourne (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU4451
Four figure Latitude: 51.256473
Four figure longitude: -1.370864
1:25K map: SU4451
1:10K map: SU45SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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