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BROOCH
Unique ID: WREX-D4181E
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a copper alloy Polden Hill type Roman brooch dating c 75-175AD. The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin, foot, and catchplate. The cylindrical wings are undecorated. Although they broaden slightly at the end. The iron pin survives. There are curving mouldings around the sides of the head. The bow is D-shaped in section. No decoration is now discernable on the corroded bow. Some of the original surface survives and has a mid-green patina.
Length: 26.7mm; width: 25mm; thickness of bow: 5.7mm; weight: 11.2g
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 75
Date to: Exactly AD 175
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.7 mm
Width: 25 mm
Thickness: 5.7 mm
Weight: 11.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 19th March 2018 - Monday 19th March 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Wrexham Museum Entry form No. 1267
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Denbighshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Denbighshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Llandegla
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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