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BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM-C6A724
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy brooch fragment. Probably a Headstud Brooch, with fragmentary tubular wings enclosing two coils of a spring and the chord of the spring; another three coils of the spring are loose but were associated with this brooch. Only the very top of bow, with part of a headstud, remains. Suggested date: Early Roman, 100-200.
Length: 16.4mm, Width (wings): 20.2mm, Thickness (case around spring): 0.8mm, Weight: 5.91gms.:
Class: Probably Headstud
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.4 mm
Width: 20.2 mm
Thickness: 0.8 mm
Weight: 5.91 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st May 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM15476a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Brigsley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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