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BROOCH
Unique ID: WAW-5EF0BC
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Roman brooch of Colchester derivative, Polden Hill (Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 3, Plate 46, AD c. 50-400). The copper alloy brooch has semi-cylindrical wings which terminate with incomplete perforated wing caps. The wing are undecorated. The axis bar, spring and pin are missing. At the centre of the upper edge of the wings/bow head there is a perforated lug which has a fragment of the chord remaining. The bowhead is slightly hump-like in profile with a central ridge. The head has a moulding on either side. The bow is semi-circular in section and tapers to a broken, blunt point towards the foot. The break is probably recent.
The surface of the brooch has an incomplete green-grey patina.
It measures 33.72mm in length, 22.44mm in width, and weighs 7.13g.
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 3 dating to AD c. 50 to c. 400. It is similar to Mackreth, Plate 46, No. 12023.
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 type
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, Part 3, Group 3, Plate 46, AD c. 50-400
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 400
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.72 mm
Width: 22.44 mm
Weight: 7.13 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st August 2018 - Monday 5th November 2018
Personal details
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Recorded by: Ms Angie Bolton
Identified by: Ms Angie Bolton
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
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