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BROOCH
Unique ID: WAW-CA65E7
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A Polden Hill type Roman brooch dating to between c. AD 80 and 120: The wings are semi-cylindrical, terminating with incomplete wing caps. The axis bar is possibly iron with an spring whose coils are not visible due to corrosion. The pin is missing. The wings are undecorated. At the edge of the wings and bow head there is a small intregral hook which holds the chord in place. The bow head is hump-like in profile and is undecorated. The bow is oval in section and tapers slightly to a broken edge just below the wings. This break and that of the wing are not recent. The surface of the brooch has a light grey/green coloured matte patina which is abraded. It measures 19.45mm long, 17.79mm wide across the wings and weighs 6.1g.
The brooch is a Polden Hill type. Bayley and Butcher (2004: p. 160) comment that the distribution of Polden Hill brooches are concentrated in the West Midlands and suggests they date to AD 80 to 120.
Bayley and Butcher, 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries.
Class:
Colchester derivative Polden Hill (flat wing ends type, West Midlands)
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, 4.a-4.b, 4c, Plate 46
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 80
Date to: Exactly AD 120
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.45 mm
Width: 17.79 mm
Weight: 6.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013 - Monday 13th May 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Malvern Hills (District)
Parish or ward: Hanley Castle (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO8140
Four figure Latitude: 52.05805129
Four figure longitude: -2.27852735
1:25K map: SO8140
1:10K map: SO84SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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