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BROOCH
Unique ID: WREX-D9F2CB
Object type certainty: Certain
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A copper alloy bow brooch of the Wirral type dating to the Roman period. The object is a hinged example.The iron pin remains in situ. The head is stepped as is typical of this type only the base of the headloop survives. The lower step is decorated with a series of incised vertical grooves.
The upper bow is decorated with three raised vertical panels with alternating enamelled cells in each panel. The central panel is filled with degraded orange/red enamel in five of the seven cells. The outer panels each have three cells filled with a degraded pale blue enamel while the remaining four cells in each panel are empty.
Below the panels is a raised rounded knop. The bow tapers below the knop to a broken end.The foot, pin and catchplate are missing. The object has dark greenish brown patina.
Length: 42.18mm; width: 14.09mm; thickness of bow: 5.56mm; weight: 14.8g.
Notes:
The Wirral brooch is thought to have been derived from the trumpet brooch and dates from the 2nd century AD. This type of brooch is known as the Wirral type since the earliest discovery of this type was from the Wirral and it also now thought that this is where the main (if not only) production site was based (Philpott; 1999; 275).
Class: Wirral
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: 42.18 mm
Width: 14.09 mm
Thickness: 5.56 mm
Weight: 14.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 9th June 2017 - Friday 8th September 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 1182
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Denbighshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Denbighshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Rhuddlan
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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