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Unique ID: BERK-0559F4
Object type certainty: Certain
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A cast copper alloy Roman Colchester type brooch dating from the 1st Century AD. The brooch has a simple open-work catchplate and a central rib down the spine of the brooch. The spring is broken and incomplete and the pin is missing.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date to: Circa AD 99
Quantity: 1
Length: 57.15 mm
Width: 18.77 mm
Weight: 8.2 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st August 2010
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - Fritwell Aug 2010
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Other reference: 2010.142
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
4 Figure: SP5028
Four figure Latitude: 51.948256
Four figure longitude: -1.273937
1:25K map: SP5028
1:10K map: SP52NW
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Hattatt, R. | 2000 | A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches | Oxford | Oxbow Books |