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BROOCH

Unique ID: YORYM1929

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Copper-alloy Roman headstud brooch. Near complete, pin extinct, although coiled spring intact, pin lost recently, unusual type, compact, stout wings, near triangular chain loop, worn thin at right-hand side. Flared rectangular decorative panel decorated with mod relief S coil motif around which is recess for enamel. Enamel extinct. Circular knob below panel. Full, sturdy sub rectangular catchplate, stepped foot with sub circular knob on bottom. Even olive green patina

Notes:

This record was created before the Portable Antiquities Scheme began using the Central Database. We are aware that this record may fall below our usual standards of recording, and we are working to rectify this.

Sub class: headstud

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 100
Date to: AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 35.6 mm
Width: 14 mm
Thickness: 10.2 mm
Weight: 3 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st September 2001

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

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: HUMBERSIDE MARKET WEIGHTON

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

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Audit data

Recording Institution: YORYM
Created: 22 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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