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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMGW-736ED0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Roman copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Group 4, flat wing ends type), cf. Mackreth 2011, 4.a-4.b. Plate 46. Late 1st to early 2nd century AD.
The brooch is incomplete, represented by the head and incomplete bow only (with a surviving length of 43.6mm, a surviving depth of 19.5mm and a weight of 20.8g). The spring is iron and remains in place, secured between lateral lugs around an iron axis bar and with the chord tensioned by a lug at the head. The iron corrosion has masked any details on the fronts of the semi-cylindrical wings (with a width of 28.1mm). At the head, on both sides a moulding is present at the junction between the bow and the wings, now heavily worn (with a width of 11.5mm). The upper bow is of rounded D-shaped section with straight sides gradually converging to the break. No decoration is now evident on the worn and heavily corroded bow. There is no surviving evidence of the catch-plate on the reverse of the bow. The surface has mid to dark-green patina.
Class:
Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4, flat wing ends type)
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, 4.a-4.b. Plate 46
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 80
Date to: Circa AD 120
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 43.6 mm
Weight: 20.8 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMWPA 2014.162.3
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
District: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Michaelston (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST1473
Four figure Latitude: 51.44943041
Four figure longitude: -3.23897187
1:25K map: ST1473
1:10K map: ST17SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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