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BROOCH

Unique ID: LEIC-11D917

Object type certainty: Certain
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Copper alloy Roman brooch fragment. Length 23mm, width 16mm. Rest of the bow, the hinge and the pin are missing. Decorated with a rib at each edge and a central rib. Closest to Hod Hill series, appearing from the Roman conquest to around 70AD.

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Pre-PAS identification

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 40
Date to: AD 70

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 23 mm
Width: 16 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 21st May 1985

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Eaton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK7826
Four figure Latitude: 52.825894
Four figure longitude: -0.843842
1:25K map: SK7826
1:10K map: SK72NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 17 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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