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BROOCH
Unique ID: BH-69DFCD
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete copper-alloy Hod Hill type brooch, dating from the mid to late 1st century AD.
The iron axis bar is contained within a cylinder which has been formed by rolling backwards the top of the head-plate. A central slit in this cylinder marks the point at which the now-missing pin would have been attached. Behind this cylinder, the slightly concave sides of the flat-sectioned head-plate converge. A transverse ridge marks the top of the upper bow, which is sub-rectangular in plan, has a vertically fluted surface and, at its bottom left-hand corner, one of an original pair of right-angled side lugs. A narrower moulding of two transverse ridges and interspersing grooves is all that remains of the lower bow or foot. Traces of a white metal coating can be seen on the upper surface of the bow.
Length: 33.8mm; width: 21.2mm. Weight: 8.79g.
Class: Hod Hill
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 75
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.8 mm
Width: 21.2 mm
Weight: 8.79 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st March 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 15/93 - 20
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Kelshall
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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