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Title: Roman Brooch what century !! Post by: Kev on May 01, 2011, 11:01:38 AM hi peter can you id this roman brooch please. cheers kev ;) its 24 mm x 21 mm
(http://www.detectingwales.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=10660.0;attach=33571;image) (http://www.detectingwales.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=10660.0;attach=33581;image) Title: Re: Roman Brooch Post by: handyman [Alan} on May 01, 2011, 11:30:59 AM yep - its a roman brooch ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
lovely find kev - well done indeed Title: Re: Roman Brooch Post by: Kev on May 01, 2011, 11:35:12 AM yes i did mean what century. ;D
Title: Re: Roman Brooch what century !! Post by: handyman [Alan} on May 01, 2011, 11:47:39 AM hi kev
i'd go 1st century mate http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/434421 (http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/434421) Title: Re: Roman Brooch what century !! Post by: Chef Geoff on May 01, 2011, 05:19:57 PM Hi Kev it's a Polden hills brooch with design borrowed from a Hod hill type, it is from the late 1st to early 2nd century.
Nice find, I'm jealous. ;) Title: Re: Roman Brooch what century !! Post by: Kev on May 02, 2011, 10:32:43 AM thanks for info Handyman & Chef ;)
Title: Re: Roman Brooch what century !! Post by: Kev on June 01, 2011, 05:41:21 PM iv had my roman brooch i found a few weeks back i.d. off ukdfd by david lang, its first century dolphin brooch........
http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=31301&cat=500 (http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=31301&cat=500) Title: Re: Roman Brooch what century !! Post by: Chef Geoff on June 01, 2011, 06:16:02 PM Well that's the biggest cop out I've seen, We know it's a dolphin brooch and most only last up until the end of the 2ndC.
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