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BROOCH

Unique ID: LEIC-8C3595

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Small Roman trumpet brooch with tinned surface. Complete apart from coil / pin, iron corrosion where these would have been. The upper surface of the bow is decorated by a simple large raised ridge with a smaller ridge to either side. The object is in good condition, is 45mm long, 9mm wide, 20mm thick, and weighs 5.6g.

Class: Brooch
Sub class: Trumpet

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: With finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 175

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 45 mm
Width: 9 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight: 9.6 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 19th March 2010

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 2089

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Frisby on the Wreake (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK7017
Four figure Latitude: 52.74609885
Four figure longitude: -0.96446971
1:25K map: SK7017
1:10K map: SK71NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Whilst searching with a metal detector
Current location: With finder
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Operations to a depth greater than 0.25m

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Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 13 years ago
Updated: 11 years ago

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