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BROOCH
Unique ID: GLO-EB1437
Object type certainty: Possibly
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy sawfish brooch of Hull T145i with no headstud or crest. It has semi-circular wings, there is a truncated hook at the top of the head that would have held the external cord of the pin and acted as the mount for the spring mechanism. On the front of both wings is a recessed circular mount that has a raised border and pierced centre that would have held a rivet. The bow projects from the front of the wings and is decorated with two lines of opposing triangular cells that hold red enamel. Running down both sides of bow are a line of small circular studs. On the foot is a forwards facing circular stud with raised border and raised ring in the centre. most of the catchplate on the reverse is truncated. 75-200 AD.
Class:
Classif: Sawfish with enamelled hinged T-shaped brooch with toothed edge and settings for stones in the arms
Sub class: Hull T145Bi; Bayley and Butcher 2004, 95, fig. 75; Mackreth 2011, vol. 2, p. 75, pl. 72, nos. 7136 and 7184; Hattatt, 2000, p. 304, fig. 163..
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 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 41 mm
Width: 27 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight: 7.24 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st August 2015 - Monday 1st May 2017
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Forest of Dean (District)
Parish or ward: English Bicknor (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO5915
Four figure Latitude: 51.83209833
Four figure longitude: -2.59639339
1:25K map: SO5915
1:10K map: SO51NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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