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BROOCH
Unique ID: LEIC-F17E44
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Roman copper alloy dolphin variant brooch, 34mm long, 17mm wide and 12mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a green patina and weighs 6.63grams. The brooch has short semi-circular wings which contain a spring of seven coils. The bow is rectangular in section and tapers to a point. It is decorated with a semi-circular sectioned ridge which runs its length. The bow forms a catchplate as it narrows this is present, but not complete.
Class: dolphin variant
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 1
Date to: AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight: 6.63 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 9th July 2008
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
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