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BROOCH
Unique ID: WILT-7E0D17
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete Roman (AD 50-150) tinned copper-alloy Initial T-shaped brooch with hinge mechanism, missing the pin, the lower bow and catchplate. The brooch measures 23.25mm in incomplete length and weighs 9.79g.
The tubular wings span 30.35mm. They are decorated to the front only with a double groove flanking each open end. To the reverse is a slot for the pin with the iron corrosion product in the slot.
The bow projects in a shallow curve from the top of the wing. A flange with a single groove triple-rib flanks the bow on either side from the top. Below the bow measures 17.55mm in width, and narrows to 7.8mm in width at the (old) break, which is D-shaped in cross-section. The bow is decorated with a central wide groove, flanked on either side by a three ribs which are decorated with very fine horizontal incisions. The bow steps downwards at the old break. The reverse is mostly flat, the centre of the bow has a concave recess.
Class: Initial T-shaped
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
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: 23.25 mm
Width: 30.4 mm
Thickness: 10.55 mm
Weight: 9.81 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st November 2010 - Tuesday 30th November 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SP 054
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Calne Without
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (From FLO)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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