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BROOCH
Unique ID: LEIC-3B3F98
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete late Iron Age or early Roman cast copper alloy brooch of rosette form, dating to c.AD 20 - 60. The brooch consists of the wings, the integral bow and part of the plate, part of the spring and pin are missing. The wings are undecorated and enclosed at each end, they are open on the underside and retain four coils the spring. The bow projects from the wings, it is strongly arched and has a plano-convex profile where it meets the circular plate. The circular plate is incomplete but decorated with six concentric evenly spaced raised bands. Below is the rectangular lower bow with is decorated with two central raised vertical lines. The rear of the brooch is convex and retains a sub-rectangular catchplate on the lower bow.
Length: 44 mm
Width: 25 mm
Weight: 16 g
There are parallels to this type of brooch illustrated by Hattatt (2002, fig. 168)
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Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 20
Date to: Circa AD 60
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 44 mm
Width: 25 mm
Weight: 16 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 8th August 2020
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Hoby with Rotherby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6719
Four figure Latitude: 52.76445475
Four figure longitude: -1.00849584
1:25K map: SK6719
1:10K map: SK61NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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