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BROOCH
Unique ID: SWYOR-AB15DE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A Roman copper alloy Colchester derivative, rear hook brooch with spring mechanism dating from AD 43 - 65. The wings are concave on the reverse to hold the copper alloy spring of 15 turns with an external chord passing though the pierced forward hook. The pin is missing. The front of the wings are decorated with a single vertical incised line at each end. The bow is humped, plain, is sub-circular in section and tapers towards the foot. The catchplate survives apart from the turnover. The brooch is silvered. It is 24.3mm long, 21.3mm wide and 11.1mm thick. 5.27g. Compare 351 and 350 on page 298 of Hattatt's visual catalogue.
Class:
Colchester derivative, rear hook
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, CD RH 5.k. Plate 41
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 65
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.3 mm
Width: 21.3 mm
Thickness: 11.1 mm
Weight: 5.27 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 7th May 2014 - Wednesday 7th May 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Doncaster 1005
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Owersby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0595
Four figure Latitude: 53.44132354
Four figure longitude: -0.42070298
1:25K map: TF0595
1:10K map: TF09NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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