LEIC-492B74: Roman copper alloy bow brooch

Rights Holder: Leicestershire County Council
CC License:

Image use policy

Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).

BROOCH

Unique ID: LEIC-492B74

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Roman copper alloy bow brooch, 45mm long, 16mm wide and 12mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition and weighs 11.74grams. The brooch has solid plain circular sectioned wings and a sub circular tapering bow which is also plain except for a linear recess running its length.

Class: Bow

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 1
Date to: Circa AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 45 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight: 11.74 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st February 2011 - Monday 28th February 2011

Personal details

This information is restricted for your access level.

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Kirby Bellars (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK7217
Four figure Latitude: 52.74583659
Four figure longitude: -0.93484752
1:25K map: SK7217
1:10K map: SK71NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Minimal cultivation

References cited

No references cited so far.

Similar objects

Find number: LEIC-D6DA87
Object type: BROOCH
Broadperiod: ROMAN
Roman copper alloy bow brooch, 42mm long, 24mm wide and 3mm thick. The object is in fair condition and weighs 5.56 grams. The brooch is comp…
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Find number: LEIC-F1A605
Object type: BROOCH
Broadperiod: ROMAN
Roman copper alloy Polden hill brooch, 45mm long, 23mm wide and 13mm thick. The object is in fair condition with a dark brown patina and weig…
Workflow: Published

Find number: LEIC-AA07F4
Object type: BROOCH
Broadperiod: ROMAN
Roman copper alloy bow brooch 35mm long 29mm wide and 15mm thick. The brooch is in fair condition with a brown patina and weighs 10.93 grams. …
Workflow: Published

Timeline of associated dates

Report a mistake

Audit data

Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 13 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

Other formats: this page is available as qrcode json xml geojson pdf rdf representations.