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BROOCH
Unique ID: LVPL-3F6426
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy dolphin brooch with a Polden hill claw type pin mechanism (Hattatt 1987, 6) dating AD75-175. The spring is still in place, held by an axial bar. The wings are tubular and circular in cross section. The head of the brooch rises up from the wings and tapers downwards forming the bow of the object. Part of the hook at the back of the head, which would have held the spring in place, survives. The bow is decorated with two parallel groves running vertically down the bow. In each of the grooves is a moulded zig-zag line. This central band of decoration is flanked by a vertical line of rings. The bow is broken and the pin and catchplate are missing. The object has a mid-green patina.
Length: 27.83mm; width: 26.06mm; thickness of bow: 4.33mm; weight: 11g
Class:
Colchester derivative, Polden Hill
Sub class: Mackreth (2011) CD PH 4.c Plate 46-7
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 175
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.83 mm
Width: 26.06 mm
Thickness: 4.33 mm
Weight: 11 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 5th May 2016 - Thursday 4th August 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 0420
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Linear
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Oswestry
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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