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BROOCH

Unique ID: NARC2579

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A flat enamelled hinged disc brooch with a damaged continuous single field of multiple dark coloured irregularly shaped millefiori type units set in a field of red enamel (possibly frit) which has broken down and is in very fragile condition. The reverse has a double pin bar lug and sub-rectangular catchplate, the pin is missing.

Class: disc

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 100
Date to: AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 7.04 g
Diameter: 28.37 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st April 2001 - Friday 1st June 2001

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Geometric
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
District: Bedford (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: BEDFORDSHIRE MELCHBOURNE AND YIELDEN

Spatial coordinates

Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Hattatt, R.	1982	Ancient and Romano-British brooches	Sherborne	Dorset Publishing	142/60	523 523a

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Recording Institution: NARC
Created: 22 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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