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« Reply #15 on: April 23, 2015, 12:56:42 PM »

Wow what a cracker Of a Find... Wink
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« Reply #16 on: April 23, 2015, 05:11:39 PM »

What an absolutely incredibly beautiful artifact is that what detecting is about?....YES IT IS......very,very,well found,well done👍
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« Reply #17 on: April 23, 2015, 06:53:09 PM »

Amazing absolutely amazing, probably the best I've seen Wink Wink
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« Reply #18 on: April 23, 2015, 07:11:15 PM »

OK well an answer of sorts (and yes Dale most of it lol) as said it's a Polden hills type but a derivative (which is the experts way of saying they don't know lol)  having designs similar to, not Colchester as I first thought, a Later Dolphin brooch and so is dated pretty late for a Polden hills at around 170 AD, there are 3 other known examples though there could be far more that are worn and have lost the comma design from the head, interestingly the other 3 have been found in Worcestershire, Cirencester and Thornbury and so could be unique to the Cotswold villa culture and could explain its late date as the intricacy of the pin/spring would have made it far more expensive to manufacture than the hinged pin it also seems to totally rely on the surface relief for decoration at a time that brooches were increasing being enamelled Undecided

That's excellent Geoff, I knew you would get there even if it took all night Cheesy Thornbury is surprising all thought there's a lot of Roman activity in and around the area........ Im sure this brooch was found near Gloucester if I remember right, it ties in Wink Il also pass the info on to the finder the weekend.

Thanks for your help Wink
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