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BROOCH
Unique ID: GLO-C3DDBE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman copper alloy disc brooch that is formed from thin plate that has a concave/dished interior and convex underside thereby creating a bowl shape. In the centre of the bowl is an upwardly pointing pin that has a narrow waist and is secured in place by a single rivet at its base. Traces of decoration is visible on the inside rim of the bowl in the form of semicircles that run around the top edge. Evenly spaced around the outside edge of the rim are ten outwardly projection small knops
Remains of a small catch plate are present on the underside of the brooch with the mount for the pin opposite. The pin mount is single pierced tab that still holds spring of four curls, the pin is now missing.
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: 22 mm
Width: 21 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight: 3.41 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st November 2015 - Wednesday 30th November 2016
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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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