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BROOCH
Unique ID: LVPL-AE9EA2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete cast copper alloy disc brooch of Roman date, (AD43-410). The object is oval in plan and is flat. The object is decorated on its outer face with three concentric bands of degraded enamel which can only be seen on one half of the object. A small patch of surviving enamel in the outer concentric band is dark blue in colour. The undecorated reverse has a double lug of the pin hinge remaining below which is an incomplete catchplate. The pin is missing. The object has a light green corroded patina and can be dated from AD100-200.
Class: Disc (oval)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.26 mm
Width: 18.71 mm
Thickness: 3.4 mm
Weight: 2.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st October 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
To be known as: Collingham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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