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BROOCH
Unique ID: WILT-1386F7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy Hod Hill type Roman brooch dating to AD 43-70. The pin is missing. At the top of the bow, there are two arms rolling forward from the bow to create the T bar for the pin. The bow of the brooch has crenellations along the sides and down the centre, there are four lines and between the centre two lines there are small horizontal lines. The catchplate extends from the lower part of the bow. There are traces of silvering. Cf Hattatt (1989) A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches p323 no 1492.
Notes:
This artefact was found in the late 1990's and has been recorded on the database from a paper record. It has not been seen in person by the recorder.
Class: hod Hill
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 70
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Salisbury
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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