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BROOCH
Unique ID: LEIC-78DDE1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman copper alloy trumpet brooch, 36mm long, 12mm wide and 15mm thick. with a weight of 6.84grams. The object represents the upper part of a trumpet headed brooch which is worn, but shows traces of red enamel near the top of the bow.
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 1
Date to: AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36 mm
Width: 12 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight: 6.84 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 27th February 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
Parish or ward: Desford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK4703
Four figure Latitude: 52.622737
Four figure longitude: -1.307148
1:25K map: SK4703
1:10K map: SK40SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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