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BROOCH
Unique ID: WAW-5E4555
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman brooch of Polden Hill variant: The copper alloy brooch has semi-cylindrical wings with perforated wing caps which support the copper alloy axis bar. Around the axis bar the spring is coiled twelve times with a chord across the top. The pin is missing.
The wings are decorated with three vertical ribs on each, with a circular cell. One cell is filled with a dark blue glass fitting which is decorated with a white, central, glass pellet. At the bow head there is an integral perforated lug which supports the chord. The bow head isn't hump-like as normally seen on Polden Hill brooches. The bow leads from the head and is sub-oval in section. The upper portion of the bow is decorated with two ridges on a long rectangular platform with rounded corners. Beneath this platform the bow expands in width and has a large oval cell with a miniature wing on each side. The miniature wing is a short circular stem terminating with a circular disc. Below this cell the brooch is broken, and not recently.
The surface of the brooch has an incomplete brown-green patina with some abrasion. Also there are traces of a blue coloured corrosion.
It measures 37.08mm in length, 32.85mm in width, and weighs 18.9g.
The brooch is a Polden Hill variant, and at the time of writing a comparison cannot be found. Dating to AD c. 50 to 400.
Class: Polden Hill
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.08 mm
Width: 32.85 mm
Weight: 18.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 23rd May 2017 - Tuesday 23rd May 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finders reference: DF RH 76
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Glass
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Chadshunt (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3451
Four figure Latitude: 52.156237
Four figure longitude: -1.50443546
1:25K map: SP3451
1:10K map: SP35SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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