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BROOCH
Unique ID: WAW-E06A9E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill type probably. The copper alloy brooch has semi-cylindrical incomplete wings. The axis bar, spring and pin are missing. At the centre of the upper edge of the wings there is a groove along the wings. The bowhead is slightly hump-like in profile and is decorated with a vertical groove. There are no mouldings on the side of the bow head. The bow is D-shaped in section and tapers to a blunt broken terminal.
The surface of the brooch has an incomplete dark grey patina.
It measures 19.27mm in length, 16.17mm in width, and weighs 3.55g.
The brooch is probably a Polden Hill type, Bayley and Butcher (2004:160) comment that the distribution of Polden Hill brooches are concentrated in the West Midlands.
Bayley, J. and Butcher, S., 2004Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection London: Society of Antiquaries
Class:
Polden Hill
Sub class: Colchester Derivative.
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 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.27 mm
Width: 16.17 mm
Weight: 3.55 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2017 - Thursday 13th July 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Malvern Hills (District)
Parish or ward: Earl's Croome (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO8642
Four figure Latitude: 52.07618229
Four figure longitude: -2.20568572
1:25K map: SO8642
1:10K map: SO84SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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