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BROOCH
Unique ID: LVPL-BBE78C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy Roman brooch of Polden Hill type dating to the 1st century AD.
The head and foot of the brooch has been damaged in recent times. The wings are rounded and incomplete. The brooch tapers from the damaged head in width towards the foot. A vertical decorative panel runs down the centre of the object which is decorated with transverse grooves.
Dimensions: 24mm in length, 12mm in width, 2.30g
Examples of brooches with similar decoration can be found in Hattatt (2000), p300, fig.159.
Class:
Colchester derivative, Polden Hill
Sub class: Mackreth (2011) CD PH 4.c Plate 46
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 45
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24 mm
Width: 12 mm
Weight: 2.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st October 2017 - Friday 10th November 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wrexham (Unitary Authority)
District: Wrexham (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Rossett (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SJ3658
Four figure Latitude: 53.11532295
Four figure longitude: -2.95764029
1:25K map: SJ3658
1:10K map: SJ35NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hattatt, R. | 2000 | A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches | Oxford | Oxbow Books |
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