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BROOCH
Unique ID: SWYOR-F58071
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Roman skeumorphic type plate brooch dating from about the 2nd Century. In its entirety, the brooch would have taken the form of a stylised sandal. The brooch is incomplete with only the pointed end of the plate surviving, with the damaged catchplate on the reverse. The fragment is sub lozenge shaped, the plate having been broken just above the tapering sides towards the 'waist'. It has a raised border with traces of decayed red enamel in the field. At the point, there is a circular dot of blue enamel. On the back, the catch plate has also been damaged with only a small part of the turn over surviving. The brooch fragment has a light green to turquoise patina. Compare DUR-112837 which cites Snape (1993) "They are decorated with spots of enamel to represent hobnails" and that "Sandal brooches may represent the left or the right foot, and may have a rounded or pointed toe. The type is found in Britain and on the Continent".
Class:
Plate
Sub class: Skeumorphic
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.4 mm
Width: 10.1 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight: 1.87 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st May 2010 - Thursday 12th May 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1513
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Wadworth (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK5598
Four figure Latitude: 53.475864
Four figure longitude: -1.172799
1:25K map: SK5598
1:10K map: SK59NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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