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BROOCH
Unique ID: LVPL-297121
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Trumpet type bow brooch. Plain oval head bent sharply back. Pieced lug on the back of the head retains fragment of iron axis bar. The spring gear and pin are missing. Triple-moulded waist decoration comprises a plain flattened bead between two smaller flattened beads. The moulding extends around the back of the bow but is flattened. Plain, straight leg, plano-convex in section. The foot knob is missing. Trace of catchplate remains.
Class: Trumpet
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 175
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 10.3 mm
Weight: 9.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2004
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wrexham (Unitary Authority)
District: Wrexham (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Holt (Community)
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