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BROOCH
Unique ID: GLO-26E7C6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type. Rearward facing lugs on either end of the wings hold the spring support bar, the spring is made from eight curls, the pin is truncated. The front of both wings are decorated with a receded vertical band flanked by a recessed vertical line. There is a loop at the top of the head that holds the external cord of the spring, this then extends down the front of the head forming a crest. Expanded shoulders flank the side of the head, the bow is truncated at its mid-section resulting in the loss of the catch plate.
Class: polden Hill
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 70
Date to: Circa AD 120
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19 mm
Width: 21 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight: 7.57 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 30th July 2016 - Saturday 30th July 2016
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
District: South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: South Gloucestershire
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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