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BROOCH
Unique ID: LIN-5694E0
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete, Roman, copper-alloy bow and fantail variant brooch. It has flat, rectangular wings each decorated with two vertical grooves. A cylinder is contained on the reverse housing an axis bar for a hinged pin. At the top in the centre is an incomplete chain loop. The upper bow is arched and D-shaped in section. In the centre of the bow is a large circular boss containing a quatrefoil of reserved metal, set against a background of degraded colourless enamel. The lower bow and foot are missing.
Class: Bow and Fantail
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight: 4.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st March 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Caistor area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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