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BROOCH
Unique ID: WAW-C13BE5
Object type certainty: Certain
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Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 4a to c, Plate 46-47, AD c. 50-400). The copper alloy brooch has semi-cylindrical wings with incomplete perforated wing caps. The spring, axis bar and pin are missing. The wings are undecorated. At the upper edge of the wings/bow head there is a trace of a hook. The bowhead is hump-like in profile with a moulding on either side. The bow is broken off, but not recently. The surface of the brooch has an incomplete brown-green patina.
It measures 10.24mm in length, 22.34mm in width, and weighs 7.61g.
The brooch is a Polden Hill type, Bayley and Butcher (2004:160) comment that the distribution of Polden Hill brooches are concentrated in the West Midlands. Mackreth classifies this type as Group 4a to c dating to AD c. 50 to 400.
Bayley, J. and Butcher, S., 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection London: Society of Antiquaries
Mackreth, D. F. 2011 Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain Volume 1 Oxford: Oxbow Books
Class:
Polden Hill
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, Part 3, possibly Group 4a-c, Plate 46-7
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Exactly AD 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 10.24 mm
Width: 22.34 mm
Weight: 7.61 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2018 - Thursday 19th July 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Malvern Hills (District)
To be known as: Broadheath area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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