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BROOCH
Unique ID: DENO-423D44
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Roman copper alloy brooch of the Polden Hill type dating to the period circa AD 75-175. The pin and catch plate are missing but the spring mechanism is intact. The object has traces of silvering or tinning on the bow and wings. The wings are hollowed semi-cylindrical shaped. They are decorated on the front with longitudinal ridges and a border of transverse ridges towards each wing terminal. Each wing terminates with an end caps, the characteristic feature of Polden Hill brooches. The bow is decorated with ridging stretching down the length of the bow. Set either side of this ridge are decorative incisisions. The bow tapers towards the foot, narrowing into the catchplate that is broken off.
Length: 31.9mm
Width: 20.4mm
Thickness 15.1mm
Bow Thickness: 6.6mm
Weight: 7.42g.
The brooch is similar in form to an examples in Mackreth (2011, plates 45-54).
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: 31.9 mm
Width: 20.4 mm
Thickness: 15.1 mm
Weight: 7.42 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 24th November 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: DERBY E8684
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
Parish or ward: Perlethorpe cum Budby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6571
Four figure Latitude: 53.23206874
Four figure longitude: -1.02769064
1:25K map: SK6571
1:10K map: SK67SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mackreth, D.F. | 2011 | Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain | Oxford | Oxbow Books | Plates 53-54 |
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