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BROOCH

Unique ID: YORYM-C21E55

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Roman Headstud brooch made of copper alloy. Headstud brooches date from the early 2nd Century onwards. Each brooch would have been worn on the shoulder and the chain would have been suspended between them. The head of the brooch features the ring and dot headstud. The dot appears to contain a green stone/glass. Whilst the ring has been inlaid with enamel. The wings are short and decorated with two incised vertical grooves. The wings have a concave reverse, which the hinge mechanism would have been built into. The loop that would have held the spring and axis bar survive, but the spring/hinge mechanism and pin no longer survive. The bow tapers to the foot. The bow is decorated with 15 squares, which extend down the front. These may all have been inlaid with enamel, but only traces survive. The foot is formed from a large rounded knop. But the catchplate has broken off. Similar to Hattatt, p332-3.

Class: Headstud

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 400

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 51.4 mm
Width: 18.3 mm
Thickness: 21.3 mm
Weight: 11.3 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st March 2008

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Garton

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

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	p332-3

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Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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