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BROOCH
Unique ID: FAKL-88ED7B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Roman, copper alloy brooch of 'Polden Hill' type, first century AD. Traces of silvering on surfaces, bow truncated but bore two longitudianal grooves. The underside of the wings is hollow to accomodate a coiled spring secured by an axial pin held in perforated plates at the ends of the wings. Each of the wings bears two transverse mouldings flanked by narrow grooves and a deeper, wide groove. The mouldings bear incised, transverse lines. Length 16.0mm, Width 23.8mm, Height 8.0mm, Mass 3.79g.
Class: Polden Hill
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Exactly AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16 mm
Height: 8 mm
Width: 23.8 mm
Weight: 3.79 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Birm 588
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Birmingham (Metropolitan District)
District: Birmingham (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Sutton Four Oaks (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK1101
Four figure Latitude: 52.60667318
Four figure longitude: -1.83900146
1:25K map: SK1101
1:10K map: SK10SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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