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BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM-597631
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy brooch. A cast trumpet derivative brooch with bow plate and fantail, Mackreth Type TR 4.1a. A wheel shaped plate with rim and six spokes defining triangular chambers, with smoothed lugs either side of the disc and a central domed boss fixed by a rivet on the back, all set above a triangular fantail with an inverted triangle in relief which defined three triangular chambers; a folded catch-plate remains on the back. Though the cells may be designed to receive enamel no trace of colorant remains. Head lost. Suggested date: Early Roman, 80-150.
Length: 30.9mm, Width (at disc): 17.3mm, Thickness (disc, clear of boss): 3mm, Weight: 5.48gms.
Class:
trumpet derivative or bow and fantail
Sub class: Mackreth Type TR 4.1a
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 80
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.9 mm
Width: 17.3 mm
Thickness: 3 mm
Weight: 5.48 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 18th September 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM18990a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Fridaythorpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE8759
Four figure Latitude: 54.019681
Four figure longitude: -0.673627
1:25K map: SE8759
1:10K map: SE85NE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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