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BROOCH
Unique ID: PUBLIC-2551FE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative, Polden Hill brooch, dating to the period AD 50 -150. Most of the pin and the lower part of the bow & catchplate are missing. There is a pierced lug (which has also loss to the top) at the head of the bow in which the chord is located; the wings are semi-circular in cross section with end caps, they are decorated to the front with 2 transverse grooves either side of the bow. The copper alloy spring is complete and has 10 coils. The bow has a longitudinal ridge at the centre of the outer face, and has a convex undecorated underside, but has surface loss to the top and sides, so any other decoration there may have been is no longer visible.
The surviving portion measures 17.8mm in length by 20.0mm wide, and weighs 3.67g.
Class: Colchester derivative, Polden Hill
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: With finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to Landowner
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17.8 mm
Width: 20 mm
Weight: 3.67 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 5th January 2020 - Sunday 5th January 2020
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
To be known as: Cadeby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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