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BROOCH
Unique ID: SWYOR-8020B3
Object type certainty: Certain
A Roman copper alloy headstud brooch dating from 75 - 200 AD. The head loop is missing. The wings have raised beaded vertical ridges on the front. Behind the head, the brooch is tubular and holds a copper aloy axis bar and a copper alloy hinged pin, almost all of which is missing. At the top of the bow is the integral circular head stud decorated with a ring of enamel. The bow is decorated with a series of wide rectangular cells in a row along the bow, some containing traces of blue enamel. The lower bow and foot is missing. The breaks are worn and patinated. The bow is sub-rectangular in section.
Class: headstud
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Length: 27.63 mm
Width: 19.04 mm
Thickness: 11.02 mm
Weight: 8.48 g
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: West Yorkshire
District: Wakefield
Parish: Ossett
Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: SE2721
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st August 2010
Personal details
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1348
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Created:
Wednesday 27th April 2011
Updated: Wednesday 27th April 2011
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