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BROOCH
Unique ID: WAW-2C9F36
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman (AD c. 75 to 200) Colchester two-piece brooch, unknown type; The item is the lower portion of a bow. The outer face is decorated with a column of lozenge cells borders by triangular cells. There is traces of a light blue enamel in the lower cells. The bow foot is bulbous and out turned. On the reverse there is a trace of a catchplate. The upper terminal is broken, but not recently. The surface of the brooch has an incomplete mid green patina, otherwise it is abraded.
The fragment measures 27.84mm long, 7.15mm wide and weighs 2.46g.
The brooch is a type of fibula, probably dating to the late 1st to 2nd centuries.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.84 mm
Width: 7.15 mm
Weight: 2.46 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 31st December 2015 - Sunday 3rd April 2016
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Fulbrook (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP2614
Four figure Latitude: 51.82402102
Four figure longitude: -1.62416217
1:25K map: SP2614
1:10K map: SP21SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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