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BROOCH
Unique ID: LVPL-FDBF6E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative, Polden Hill brooch, see Mackreth 2011, Chapter 3, Part 3, CD PH 4. a-b. The head of the brooch arched curving downwards and tapering towards the rounded foot. The wings of the brooch are tubular and capped at each end. The object is a sprung example with the spring coiling round nine times on the axis bar before extending in the center to form the incomplete pin. The pin terminates with a recent break.
At the top of the head is a rearward hook which would have secured the spring in place. Either side of the rearward hook is a triangular groove, the point of which joins together at where the head straightens to form the bow. The grooved triangle is infilled with punched ovals. The catchplate is almost complete and has a rectangular perforation due to damage. The top of the catchplate is broken and may have had openwork decoration when complete.
Similar examples which can be found on the PAS database includeYORYM-3D3DD8 andNMGW-66015C.
Class:
Colchester derivative, Polden Hill
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, Chapter 3, Part 3, CD PH 4. a-b
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 175
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 69 mm
Width: 27 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight: 24.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 24th September 2017 - Sunday 24th September 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: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Prees
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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