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BROOCH
Unique ID: LEIC-9B3AD6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman copper alloy headstud brooch, 31mm long, 10mm wide and 12mm deep. The brooch is in fair condition and weighs 4.53 grams. The brooch has very small stepped wings and a hinged pin attachment. The bow is rectangular in section and has a circular head stud with a raised cross inside. Below this, the bow is decorated with a row of lozenge shaped raised motifs.
Class:
Bow Brooch
Sub class: Headstud
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31 mm
Width: 10 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight: 4.53 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Melton Warwick (District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK7517
Four figure Latitude: 52.745429
Four figure longitude: -0.890415
1:25K map: SK7517
1:10K map: SK71NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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