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BROOCH

Unique ID: BERK-406374

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast copper alloy Roman plate brooch. The brooch is lonzengiform with four sub-circular cupped lugs, one projecting from each corner. In the centre of the lozenge is a raised circular boss surmounted with a shallow cupped bowl - smaller than the ones forming the lugs. The shallow cup in each lug and the one in the central roundel are all stained with orange corrosive product; it is likley that they contained enamel. On the reverse are the remains of the pin hinge and sub-triangular catchplate - the pin is missing. The brooch has a rich mid brown patina and is in good overall condition. No clear parallel has been identified for this brooch although it has some similarities to items 1267A and 1656 shown in Fig.215, p.356 of Hattatt's Visual Catalogue of Ancient Brooches. This find is therefore dated stylistically to the 2nd century.

Find of note status

This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Returned to Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 32.22 mm
Width: 33 mm
Thickness: 7.69 mm
Weight: 6.1 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st May 2007

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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: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Chalgrove (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU6498
Four figure Latitude: 51.67713
Four figure longitude: -1.075803
1:25K map: SU6498
1:10K map: SU69NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Current location: Returned to Finder

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Hattatt, R.	2000	A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches	Oxford	Oxbow Books	356	Fig.215 (1276 & 1656)

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Recording Institution: BERK
Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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