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BROOCH
Unique ID: BH-E25B02
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy trumpet type brooch of Roman (late 1st to late 2nd century) date.
The head is oval in plan and has a circular chain loop on top. The spring is located at the centre of the underside of the head and is contained within a half-cylinder whose ends have semicircular caps. The spring has three coils, an internal chord and a remnant of the pin. The ends of the axis bar are located within perforations in the end caps. At the back, the diameter of the head gradually decreases, extending smoothly into the bow, which is of sub-oval section. Just above the point of the break is a lozenge-shaped moulding flanked by two transverse ridges; a third such ridge is located immediately above. The object measures 29.5mm long, up to 12.8mm wide (head) and weighs 5.6g.
Class: Trumpet
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 175
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.5 mm
Width: 12.8 mm
Weight: 5.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 12th February 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 11/58 - 30
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Uttlesford (District)
To be known as: Stansted
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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