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BROOCH
Unique ID: WMID-978DC4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete rear hook colchester derivative style brooch of Roman dating (1st Century AD).
Around 50% of the brooch is present, consisting of the head, rear hook, spring, wings and part of the bow. The foot, pin and catch plate are missing, presumed lost in antiquity.
The wings are cylindrical with an open back, so the spring is visible. There are four coils to each side of the pin. The wing caps are circular with a hole to hold the axis bar. A rearward facing hook is present on the head, still containing part of the spring. The front of the wings have been decorated with bead and reel decoration (central groove, with a ridge to either side). The bow appears to be undecorated but the surface has been damaged.
The brooch measures 20.5 mm in length, 19.9 mm wide and 9.7 mm thick. It weighs 4.8 g.
The brooch is a mid green colour, with an even surface patina.
A similar brooch has been illustrated as no 11989 in Hattatt, 2011, vol 2, plate 39. Hattatt has classified it as a Colchester derivative Rearhook 1.i. consistent with 1st Century AD dating.
Class: rearhook
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 1
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.5 mm
Width: 19.9 mm
Thickness: 9.7 mm
Weight: 4.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 16th October 2017 - Monday 16th October 2017
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Lichfield (District)
Parish or ward: Harlaston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK2011
Four figure Latitude: 52.69631408
Four figure longitude: -1.70550116
1:25K map: SK2011
1:10K map: SK21SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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