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BROOCH
Unique ID: NARC-6F8B64
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Cast copper alloy disc brooch. Mid-2nd to 3rd century AD.
23mm in diameter. The reverse is flat and appears to have been tinned. There is one lug on the reverse, on which the pin was attached; the return of the catchplate is missing. The front of the brooch has six raised spokes radiating from a central boss. The boss has a central raised knob, which is broken at the tip and stands at 4mm high. The outer border is 2.5mm wide and decorated with wide grooves. The front surface is gilded.
Similar examples can be seen in Hattatt "Iron Age and Roman Brooches", page 150, eg fig 548.
Class: disc
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Post AD 150
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 7.65 g
Diameter: 23 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 3rd August 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: Daventry (District)
Parish or ward: Norton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP6064
Four figure Latitude: 52.27089
Four figure longitude: -1.122129
1:25K map: SP6064
1:10K map: SP66SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hattatt, R. | 1985 | Iron Age and Roman Brooches | Oxford | Oxbow Books | 150 | 548 |
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