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BROOCH
Unique ID: WAW-6ADE45
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman (mid first to second centuries) Colchester-derivative brooch: The lower portion of the copper alloy bow remains. The bow is broken at the upper edge, and this is probably quite recent. The bow tapers towards a bulbous foot and collar. The centre of the bow is decorated with triple-stranded vertical ridges with a column of high-relief notches along the lateral edges. On the reverse of the bow there is a incomplete catchplate. The surface of the brooch has a light grey/green coloured patina. The brooch measures 39.53mm long and 7.42mm wide across the break and weighs 3.3g.
The type is uncertain, but probably dates to the mid first to second centuries.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39.53 mm
Width: 7.42 mm
Weight: 3.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 29th November 2012 - Thursday 27th February 2014
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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: Worcestershire (County)
District: Malvern Hills (District)
Parish or ward: Shrawley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO8165
Four figure Latitude: 52.28280941
Four figure longitude: -2.27993574
1:25K map: SO8165
1:10K map: SO86NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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