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BROOCH
Unique ID: WAW-654D0E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A Roman (AD c. 80-120), probably, Polden Hill brooch: The copper alloy brooch is incomplete with the wings and a short portion of the bow remaining. The wings are semi-cylindrical, both of which are incomplete. The axis bar, spring and pin are all missing. The bowhead is hump-like in profile and is undecorated. The bow is sub oval in section, and tapers to a blunt, broken edge. There is a trace of the start of the catchplate near the break. The surface of the brooch has an incomplete mid grey-green patina and is slightly abraded. It measures 28.95mm long, 10.84mm wide across the wings and weighs 5.48g.
The brooch is probably a Polden Hill type. Bayley and Butcher (2004:160) comment that the distribution of Polden Hill brooches are concentrated in the West Midlands and suggest they date to AD80 to 120.
Bayley, J. and Butcher, S., 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection London: Society of Antiquaries
Class: Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth Part 3, Group 4.a.-c, flat wing ends type)
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: 28.95 mm
Width: 10.84 mm
Weight: 5.48 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2012 - Monday 20th October 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Tanworth-in-Arden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP2154
Four figure Latitude: 52.18385272
Four figure longitude: -1.69426907
1:25K map: SP2154
1:10K map: SP25SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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