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BROOCH
Unique ID: GLO-8A38C3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy Aucissa brooch that has rolled tubular wings that hold the pin axis bar, there is a slot in the rear for the pin, which is now missing. The bow is a low semi-circular strip that appears to have a series of lines running down its length. The bottom of the bow is truncated resulting in the loss of the catch plate.
Class: Aucissa
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 40
Date to: Circa AD 80
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41 mm
Width: 12 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight: 3.35 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st May 2016 - Sunday 1st January 2017
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Tewkesbury (District)
To be known as: Tewkesbury
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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