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BROOCH
Unique ID: WAW-E1CFC8
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Roman Polden Hill type brooch (AD c. 80-120): The copper alloy brooch is fragmentary. The wings are missing, but were probably semi-cylindrical. The pin and spring are missing. The bowhead is hump-like in profile and is undecorated. The bow is oval in section and is broken below the approximate mid point. The surface of the brooch has traces of a heavy mid grey-green patina.
The brooch measures 34.59mm long, 11.15mm wide across the wings and weighs 5.52g.
The brooch is probably a Polden Hill type. Bayley and Butcher (2004:160) comment that the distribution of Polden Hill brooches are concentrated in the West Midlands and suggest they date toAD 80 to 120.
Bayley, J. and Butcher, S., 2004Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough CollectionLondon: Society of Antiquaries
Class: Polden Hill - probably
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 80
Date to: Circa AD 120
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.59 mm
Width: 11.15 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2015 - Thursday 31st December 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Tanworth-in-Arden (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP1368
Four figure Latitude: 52.30996135
Four figure longitude: -1.81074301
1:25K map: SP1368
1:10K map: SP16NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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