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BROOCH
Unique ID: IOW-AE9FD6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a Roman copper-alloy bow brooch (c. AD 43-150).
This fragment is the lower part of the bow and incomplete catch-plate. The bow is convex at the front and flat at the rear. It tapers in width from a transverse break at the top to the base which is thin. The catch-plate is sub-triangular and the curled-over part that secured the pin-tip is missing due to a break. At the front a small portion at the top has vertical grooved decoration.
This brooch has an even green patina.
Height: 38.9mm; width at top: 6.4mm; thickness: 11.8mm. Weight: 2.88g.
Class: Bow
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 38.9 mm
Width: 6.4 mm
Thickness: 11.8 mm
Weight: 2.88 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 4th April 2015 - Saturday 4th April 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2015-3-59
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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