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BROOCH
Unique ID: LANCUM-097165
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Small incomplete copper-alloy Polden Hill brooch of Transitional Type 2/3 CD PH 2.b2 of Roman date (c. 50--60 AD). The bow of the brooch is D-shaped in section and narrows as it curves in an S-shape down from the semi-cylindrical wings of the spring mechanism. The spring and the pin are both now missing. The semi-cylindrical wings are decorated by longitudinal ridges, spaced evenly. Further decoration is provided by a longitudinal ridge and small protrusion at the point where the bow curves away from the head of the brooch. A small angled section at the foot of the brooch on the back of the bow represents a catchplate. The object has a matt, green patina. It is 31.98mm in length, 20.64mm in width and 3.47mm in thickness. It weighs 3.65g.
A similar example is recorded in Mackreth 2011, Chapter 3, Part 3 CD PH 2.b2 Plate 45, no.1792. The homeland of 2.b may actually have been limited to Somerset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.
Hattatt, Ancient and Romano-British Brooches, p. 70, no. 26, which is noted as a rather late example, dating to c. 50 - 90 AD.
Class:
Colchester derivative, Polden Hill
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, Chapter 3, Part 3 2. Transitional Type 2/3 CD PH 2.b2 Plate 45
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: Circa AD 60
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.98 mm
Width: 20.64 mm
Thickness: 3.47 mm
Weight: 3.65 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: N5200
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Allerdale (District)
Parish or ward: Holme Abbey (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: NY1751
Four figure Latitude: 54.84689893
Four figure longitude: -3.29412055
1:25K map: NY1751
1:10K map: NY15SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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