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BROOCH
Unique ID: SUR-4A0876
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete cast copper alloy Roman brooch, probably of Developed T-shaped of T110 the Polden method of securing the spring and chord. The arms are cylindrical with end caps pierced to hold the axis bar and spring (now lost) and open on the underside. There is a chord retention hook on the front of the head. The bow is sharply angled back from a projecting neck which has moulded ridged shoulders and has a flat cross section with two parallel recessed grooves running along the spine. The lower portion of the bow is missing. Circa mid 1st to mid 2nd century AD.
Class:
Developed T-shaped
Sub class: Hull T105-111, T119-120, T122, T126-129, T132, T141-142; Bayley and Butcher 2004, 167, fig. 138
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Finder applying for an export licence
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21 mm
Height: 14.1 mm
Width: 18.1 mm
Weight: 4.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 18th September 2019
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Leckhampstead (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP7336
Four figure Latitude: 52.01763119
Four figure longitude: -0.93765331
1:25K map: SP7336
1:10K map: SP73NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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