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BROOCH
Unique ID: HESH-DDE2A1
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete cast copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5.c, Plate 50, flat wing ends type, Western Group) of Roman date (AD70-110). The wings are semi-cylindrical and the wing caps are perforated. The axis bar and spring are present being also formed of copper alloy - the spring is formed of eight turns and is fixed by an external loop through a raised and cast lug positioned at the centre of the head. The pin is lost but would have been formed from the spring. The bow head is hump-like, and slightly angular (comma shaped) in profile. The bow has a faceted D shaped cross section. It extends to a broken and abraded point on the upper bow; the foot and catch-plate are lost. The bow of the brooch is decorated with a cast design comprising a spinal ridge which descends from the reward facing hook down the bow of the brooch; it is flanke dby two parallel riased ridges. The brooch is a mid green colour with well formed surface patina. Similar brooches can be seen in Richard Hattatt's Visual Guide to Ancient brooches (pp 300 fig; 159) and Bayley and Butcher: Roman Brooches in Britain (pp 89-92).
The brooch measures 18.3mm length, 19.5mm width (across wings), 7.4mm width across bow, is 3.2mm thick across the bow, and weighs 5.4 grams.
Class: Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 5.c, Plate 50, flat wing ends type, Western Group)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 70
Date to: Circa AD 110
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.5 mm
Width: 7.4 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 5.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 24th October 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hereford Museum Object Entry Form: HFDMG: 3239
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Malvern Hills (District)
To be known as: Birtsmodton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayley, J. and Butcher, S. | 2004 | Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection | London | The Society of Antiquaries | |||
| Hattatt, R. | 2000 | A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches | Oxford | Oxbow Books | |||
| Mackreth, D.F. | 2011 | Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain | Oxford | Oxbow Books |
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