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BROOCH

Unique ID: SWYOR-24BAF1

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete cast copper alloy stylised Roman dragonesque brooch dating from about 75-175 AD. The brooch is reverse S-shaped in plan and D-shaped in section with an expanded waist. Both animal heads remain and each is pointed oval in plan with a scroll-shaped nose. The heads have a circular aperture through them and one is attached to the body by a bridge of copper alloy, leaving another circular hole between the head and the body. This is where the pin would have attached, but it is now missing. The body of the brooch and the ears are decorated with incised lines. The back of the brooch is flat and smooth and there is a slight concavity along the body. The brooch has a medium-light green patina. Please compare to PAS record IDs: LIN-106F71, YORYM-D15208 and SWYOR-2877A8. See Hattatt's (2000) Visual Catalogue, page 351, figure 210.

Length: 31.2mm; Width: 13mm; Thickness: 4.6mm; Weight: 3.59g

Class: Dragonesque

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 175

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 31.2 mm
Width: 13 mm
Thickness: 4.6 mm
Weight: 3.59 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st September 2011 - Thursday 15th September 2011

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS form number 1673

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: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Selby (District)
Parish or ward: Huddleston with Newthorpe (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE4531
Four figure Latitude: 53.773402
Four figure longitude: -1.318695
1:25K map: SE4531
1:10K map: SE43SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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	351, figure 210

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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