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BROOCH
Unique ID: WMID-F990D3
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A possible copper alloy Roman brooch fragment dating to circa AD 43-200. The fragment consists of part of the bow and head. The wings, spring mechanism, pin, foot and catchplate are all missing. The object is broadly an inverted triangle in form. It is broad at the top and narrows to broken lower edge. There is iron staining on the head which could indicate the object once had an iron pin. The object has a mid-green coloured abraded patina.
The fragment measures 22.5 mm in length, 11.8 mm in width, 8.7 mm in thickness and it weighs 4 grams.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.5 mm
Width: 11.8 mm
Thickness: 8.7 mm
Weight: 4 g
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Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Wychavon (District)
Parish or ward: Stoulton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO9250
Four figure Latitude: 52.14822675
Four figure longitude: -2.11833136
1:25K map: SO9250
1:10K map: SO95SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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