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BROOCH
Unique ID: LEIC-94BBE1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman copper alloy trumpet brooch, 47mm long, 13mm wide and 21mm deep The brooch is in fair condition and weighs 10.08grams. The brooch has a round plain head with a semi-spherical protrusion at its shoulder which has cross shaped protrusions for decoration The brooch is plain otherwise and has a stepped foot and a triangular catch plate.
Class:
Bow Brooch
Sub class: Trumpet
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 175
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47 mm
Width: 13 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight: 10.08 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Warwickshire (County)
District: Stratford-on-Avon (District)
Parish or ward: Long Itchington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP4065
Four figure Latitude: 52.281695
Four figure longitude: -1.415087
1:25K map: SP4065
1:10K map: SP46NW
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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