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BROOCH
Unique ID: SWYOR-0E6FC5
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete, copper alloy Roman brooch of Dragonesque type, dating from AD 75 - 175. The remaining portion consists of the central body and one of the zoomorphic terminals. The body is decorated with eight enamelled cells. There are four central, rectangular cells flanked by a pair of teardrop shaped cells at each end of the body. Enamel remains in all four cells; blue enamel alternating with a colour now decayed to black. The zoomorphic terminal is in the form of an animal head with a raised ear upturned snout forming a loop where it joins to the brow. The chin is linked to the body by a strut. There is a very small, circular enamelled cell on the outer edge of the small loop to create the eye. Traces of black enamel remain in this cell. The second zoomorphic head and the pin have broken away and are missing. The remaining portion of the brooch is 28.1mm long, 15.1mm wide and 3.2mm thick. It weighs 3.21gm.
Similar brooches are illustrated in Mackreth, 2011, Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, volume 2, plate 129. Compare especially number 7821.
Class: Dragonesque
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 175
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.1 mm
Width: 15.1 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Weight: 3.21 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013 - Tuesday 31st December 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2242
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
Parish or ward: Burton Salmon (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4827
Four figure Latitude: 53.73718539
Four figure longitude: -1.27379973
1:25K map: SE4827
1:10K map: SE42NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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