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BROOCH
Unique ID: SWYOR-EA5444
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast, copper alloy Roman brooch of the Dolphin type, dating from AD43-65. Both bow and wings are plain except for a narrow transverse groove at the end of each wing and a further narrow groove down each side of the bow. The wings are cylindrical, with a seam running along the back. A copper alloy axis bar is held in the wings, and there is a slot for the hinged pin, which is missing. There is no foot, the bow just tapering to a point. The catch plate survives. The brooch has a dark green patina. It is 34.5mm long, 21.4mm wide and 14.5mm thick. It weighs 5.87gm.
A similar brooch is illustrated in Hattat, 2000, A Visual Catalogue of Ancient Brooches, figure 158, number 20.
Class: Dolphin
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 65
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.5 mm
Width: 21.4 mm
Thickness: 14.5 mm
Weight: 5.87 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 20th August 2011 - Monday 5th September 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1638
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Hampole (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE5112
Four figure Latitude: 53.602091
Four figure longitude: -1.230783
1:25K map: SE5112
1:10K map: SE51SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hattatt, R. | 2000 | A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches | Oxford | Oxbow Books | figure 158, number 20 |
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