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BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM858
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Two rows of inward pointing triangles, inner row alternating red and blue enamel, outer row blue and other colour that has now decayed to a whitish colour. Chain-loop damaged. Same mould as drawing ref. 1011/PAS ref. NLM859?
Notes:
Checked by MF following Sophie Catley. Dating completed. Cross-referencing completed. Drawing ref. added.
Class: Plate brooch
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 100
Date to: AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.1 mm
Width: 22.5 mm
Weight: 4.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 18th June 1998
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM1010
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration method: Incised
Decoration style: Geometric
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: WEST LINDSEY
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hattatt, R. | 1982 | Ancient and Romano-British brooches | Sherborne | Dorset Publishing | p.350,no.128. |
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