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BROOCH
Unique ID: GLO-20A292
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill. It has rearward facing lugs on either end of the wings that hold the pin axis bar, the spring is made from eight curls, the pin is complete. A rearwards facing loop at the back of the head holds the external cord of the spring. Small shoulders flank the head. At the apex of the bow on both sides is a recessed semicircle that is filled with blue enamel, below this are two sets of double moulded and angled ridges that form a chevron pattern. The foot is globular and the catch plate on the reverse is closed. Date 80-120AD.
Class: Polden Hill
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 70
Date to: Circa AD 120
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight: 8.66 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st September 2017 - Thursday 30th November 2017
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Donnington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO7033
Four figure Latitude: 51.99462987
Four figure longitude: -2.43834195
1:25K map: SO7033
1:10K map: SO73SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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