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BROOCH
Unique ID: WILT-5ED9B2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Roman Copper alloy developed T-Shaped brooch, probably dating to c. AD 75-150. The surviving fragment comprises of the head of the brooch only. The brooch features a large semi-circular headplate with a concave reverse. Cylindrical wings project from the base of the reverse of the head, holding a copper alloy axis bar in situ, and with a central rectangular slot accomodating a hinged pin, now lost. Iron staining would suggest the pin was originally iron. The vesitigial remains of an integral headloop project from the top of the head plate. The curved edge of the headplate is decorated with a corded border. The bow projects with a narrow, plano-convex cross section, but terminates in an old break.
Dimensions: Height 16.5mm; width 22.6mm; thickness: 12.3mm; weight 5.33g.
An example of Hull's T140, a distinct sub-group of the developed T-shaped brooch with a South western focussed distribution, this type is broadly dated to c. AD 75-150 (Bayley & Butcher 2004: 167-168). cf. PUBLIC-98E3D4.
Class:
Colchester derivative developed T-shaped
Sub class: Large South Western, Hull T140
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 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.5 mm
Width: 22.6 mm
Thickness: 12.3 mm
Weight: 5.33 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 5373
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: West Tisbury (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST9128
Four figure Latitude: 51.05127417
Four figure longitude: -2.1297745
1:25K map: ST9128
1:10K map: ST92NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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