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BROOCH

Unique ID: LEIC-566383

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete Roman copper-alloy Aesica brooch, dating to c.AD 25 - 75. The upper bow and wings remain, the lower bow, catchplate and pin are missing. The cylindrical wings are undecorated and hollow, the spring pin is missing. Projecting from the wings is a curved trapezoidal plate which is decorated in the centre with a foliate design. The lower corners terminate in globular knops. The fragment tapers slightly in the centre and terminates in a knop, which would have joined to the lower bow. The rear is undecorated.
Length: 21.8 mm
Width: 28.5 mm
Weight: 12.6 g

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Undergoing further examination at a museum

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 25
Date to: Circa AD 75

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 21.8 mm
Width: 28.5 mm
Weight: 12.6 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: RH 54

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Rushcliffe (District)
To be known as: Ratcliffe on Soar

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

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