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BROOCH
Unique ID: HAMP-E5506D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete early Medieval disc brooch with a plain rim. The brooch has a moulded flower / star design with five convex tear drops surrounding a domed central boss, all set within a simple linear border. A fragment of a catchplate is retained on the reverse. Around a third of the brooch disc, including the hinge lug and pin, has been lost.
Class: Disc
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Hampshire Cultural Trust (Winchester Collections)
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by a museum - not a Treasure case
Chronology
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture:
Anglo-Saxon style
Date from: Circa AD 700
Date to: Circa AD 1100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.1 mm
Width: 17.8 mm
Thickness: 7.3 mm
Weight: 4.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 29th November 1986
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Winchester Collections AY 568
Museum accession number: WINCM: AY 568.62
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Gold
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
To be known as: Winchester
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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