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BROOCH
Unique ID: GLO-2B5133
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
~~Copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative, hinged (dolphin) brooch. The wings are hollow to hold the pin support bar which is made of iron but now heavily corroded resulting in the loss of the pin. The wings are decorated with three transverse raised bands; further decoration on the front of the bow consists of expanded shoulders that flank the head and traces of a double band with recessed borders that run down the front of the bow. The lower part of the bow is truncated resulting in the loss of the catch plate. Date 55-100AD.
Class: Colchester derivative, hinged (dolphin)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 55
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25 mm
Width: 27 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight: 7.62 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st March 2017 - Saturday 1st July 2017
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Monmouthshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Monmouthshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Monmouth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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