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BROOCH
Unique ID: LEIC-AE4E53
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Iron Age/Early Roman copper alloy bow brooch, 59mm long, 4mm wide and weighing 3.20grams. The brooch consists of a sub-circular sectioned bar which has a spherical ornament set into it just above half way. It has no pin mechanism present but part of an openwork catch plate is present at its lower end.
The brooch is similar to e.g. 750, fig.152 in Hattatt's 'visual catalogue'. This brooch is a European Knotenfibeln type type dated to 100BC-100AD.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 100 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 59 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 3.2 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Kirby Bellars (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7217
Four figure Latitude: 52.74583659
Four figure longitude: -0.93484752
1:25K map: SK7217
1:10K map: SK71NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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