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BROOCH
Unique ID: NCL-76BB20
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy trumpet brooch of the Roman period, c. 75-200.
The brooch is incomplete, missing the pin, foot and catchplate of the brooch, but is otherwise in good condition. The bell-shaped head has the base of a headloop on the upper edge, and a cast integral lug on the reverse holds four coils of the sprung pin. The bow has opposed acanthus decoration in full round, with the break occuring just below this peak of the bow.
Class: Trumpet
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.79 mm
Width: 16.01 mm
Thickness: 3.92 mm
Weight: 7.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st August 2014 - Monday 8th September 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Carlton Husthwaite (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4976
Four figure Latitude: 54.17745339
Four figure longitude: -1.25079011
1:25K map: SE4976
1:10K map: SE47NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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