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BROOCH
Unique ID: PUBLIC-BE00C7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete, cast, copper alloy, Roman Rosette brooch of the first century AD. The remains consist of the empty spring box, the bow arch and most of the oval bow plate below the arch that extends from the spring box to the tail of the bow, of which only a small stump remains. The plate is decorated with concentric circular ribs, and the arch has a worn decorative longitudinal ridge. The brooch has a pitted surface and olive patina, in some areas there is active corrosion which has exposed the red-brown metal. Recesses on the upper surface and much of the lower surface of the plate is coated with a smooth black material which is probably the remains of oil used to polish the brooch.
The remaining part of this artefact is 34.7mm long, 19.3mm wide and 16.4mm high. It weighs 10.4g.
A more complete example can be seen from Eyke, Suffolk (SF-1CCA85) who note that the type is paralelled:
For a similar example see Mackreth (2011, Vol. II, Plate 16, p. 19, no. 5822). It can be assigned to the Hurstbourne Tarrant Type (Mackreth 2011, Vol I, p. 28, no. 3) dating to c.AD 30-60.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Class: Rosette
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 30
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.7 mm
Height: 16.4 mm
Width: 19.3 mm
Weight: 10.4 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Ross-on-Wye
Spatial coordinates
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hattatt, R. | 2000 | A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches | Oxford | Oxbow Books | fig167 | 1468 | |
| Mackreth, D.F. | 2011 | Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain | Oxford | Oxbow Books |
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