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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-C75A8E
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman brooch. The bulk of the head and part of the upper bow are extant but the remainder is missing from old breaks. The ends of the spring cover have pierced ends for the axis bar and the external spring chord passes through a damaged and broken hook on the head. The bow increases in width initially and has a central ridge flanked by a flange that curves around the spring. The pierced end plate is a characteristic of the Polden hill type but the flange at the head is more in keeping with an aesica (see Plate 29 of Mackreth, D. Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain Vol 2). Insufficient survives to be definitive. Circa 40-150 AD.
Class:
Roman Brooch
Sub class: Probable Aesica type
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 40
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th September 2011
Rally details.
This object was found at Urchfont 2011
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
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