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BROOCH
Unique ID: GLO-764427
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative Polden Hill (6. Eastern Group, flat wing ends type), Mackreth 2011, 6.a7. Plate 52. Length 47mm, width 32mm, thickness 12mm, weight 15.29g. Rearward facing lugs on either end of the wings would have held the spring support bar. Rearward facing loop would have held the external cord of the spring. There is an engraved X on the face of either wing, The bow is plain, the catch plate on the reverse is closed. Date 80-120AD
Class:
Colchester derivative Polden Hill (6. Eastern Group, flat wing ends type)
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, 6.a7. Plate 52
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 80
Date to: Circa AD 120
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47 mm
Width: 32 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight: 15.29 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 2000 - Friday 31st December 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 5506
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Stroud (District)
To be known as: Cotswolds
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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