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BROOCH

Unique ID: DUR-71EB43

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Cast copper alloy fantail Roman brooch dating to the second half of the 2nd century AD. It is a hinged example but the pin and mechanism are missing. The pin attached to a bar which was help between two loops on the reverse of the head. The headloop is broken but is cast integrally to the brooch. Below this the head has two short, rectangular wings with vertical grooves (on some examples this is stepping). The upper bow is curved and has a square cross-section. It leads to a fan shaped tail which is enamelled. The edges of the fantail are missing. The enamel consists of a central narrow triangle of red above two shorter, wider triangles of yellow/white. There may have been more originally but this is all that remains. The catchplate is behind the fantail and has broken so that only the part immediately attached to the brooch remains. The brooch is corroded all over with vayring patches of green and brown.

Class: Disc and Fantail

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 150
Date to: AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 34.54 mm
Width: 16.52 mm
Weight: 5.8 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st October 2009

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: North East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Stockton-on-Tees (Unitary Authority)
District: Stockton-on-Tees (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Thornaby (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: NZ4416
Four figure Latitude: 54.53736485
Four figure longitude: -1.32149145
1:25K map: NZ4416
1:10K map: NZ41NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Other

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Recording Institution: DUR
Created: 14 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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