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BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM6048
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman disc brooch, remains of red enamel, worn.
Notes:
Checked following Sophie Catley. Class' amended from 'Disc brooch' to 'Plate'. Dating completed (unamended). Drawing ref. added.
Class: Plate
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 100
Date to: AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.2 mm
Width: 21.5 mm
Thickness: 8.7 mm
Weight: 7.05 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM3310
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: NORHT LINCOLNSHRIE
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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