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BROOCH
Unique ID: WAW-09CD48
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman (2nd century) Trumpet brooch: The fragmentary copper alloy brooch is a portion of the bow, which is broken at either end, neither break is recent. The bow is decorated with a triple-ribbed moulding with the central rib being prominent all of which are bordered by a triple stranded ridges. The reverse of the bow is undecorated but a section is hollow which may be an air bubble. The brooch has a matte light grey-green coloured surface. It measures 24.49mm in length, 9.72mm in width and weighs 2.1g.
The brooch is a Trumpet-headed type, possibly a Group B type which date to the 2nd century (Bayley and Butcher, 2004; 161).
Bayley, J. and Butcher, S. 2004Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough CollectionSociety of Antiquaries
Class: Trumpet
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.49 mm
Width: 9.72 mm
Weight: 2.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 5th September 2016 - Monday 3rd April 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Malvern Hills (District)
Parish or ward: Shrawley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO8165
Four figure Latitude: 52.28280941
Four figure longitude: -2.27993574
1:25K map: SO8165
1:10K map: SO86NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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