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BROOCH
Unique ID: HESH-1D01CC
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester derivative, Polden Hill brooch of Roman date (AD75-120). The wings are semi-cylindrical and the wing caps are complete and perforated (diameter 1.1mm). The axis bar, spring and pin are lost. The bow head is hump-like, and slightly angular (comma shaped) in profile; from the centre of the reverse the remains of a small projecting backwards facing hook extends. The reverse of the head has a rectangular shaped recess.The bow has a faceted D shaped cross section it extends to an eroded blunt pointed foot. The profile of the bow is curved and has probably been deliberately distorted. The catchplate is lost, all that remains is an eroded rib which descends from the mid-point of the bow. The bow is decorated with a recessed chanel which descends the spine - along the mid-point of this are a series of small regular pellets forming a rope-like pattern. Either side of the bow against the wings are wedge shaped panels. The brooch is a mid green colour with well formed but heavily abraded surface patina. Similar brooches can be seen in Richard Hattatt's Visual Guide to Ancient brooches (pp 300 fig; 159) and Bayley and Butcher: Roman Brooches in Britain (pp 89-92).
The brooch measures
29.9mm length, 18.6mm width (across wings), 7.7mm width across bow, is 3.9mm thick across the bow, and weighs 6.94 grams.
Class: Colchester derivative, 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 75
Date to: Circa AD 120
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.9 mm
Width: 7.7 mm
Thickness: 3.9 mm
Weight: 6.94 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Hereford Museum Entry Form: HFDMG: 3291
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Hinstock
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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