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BROOCH
Unique ID: PUBLIC-1BD3C0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment from the head of a cast copper alloy Colchester derivative (probably Dolphin style) brooch with hinged pin of Roman date (55-150AD). This brooch is unusually small. The head has a rolled spring case, with a central recess to take the back of the pin when the brooch was open. The casing is lost on both wings revealing the copper alloy axis bar the spring attached to. There is a decorative rib at the junction of the head and one wing, the other wing is worn but could also have had a matching rib.
The brooch is heavily corroded such that any surface decoration has been lost. The brooch is a mid green colour with the broken end of the head revealing the brown metal underneath. Similar brooches can be seen in Richard Hattatt's Visual Guide to Ancient brooches pages 298-299 figures 157 and 158.
Width of fragment 15.2mm. Maximum Depth 6.0mm. Weight 1.58g.
A similar find is HESH-9332B4, http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/427562
Class:
Colchester Derivative
Sub class: Dolphin
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 55
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Width: 15.2 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 1.58 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Brampton Abbotts
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hattatt, R. | 1982 | Ancient and Romano-British brooches | Sherborne | Dorset Publishing | pages 298-299 figures 157 and 158 |
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