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BROOCH
Unique ID: NCL-1A6F11
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy trumpet brooch of the early Roman period, c. 75-200.
The brooch is largely complete, missing only its hinged pin. The head is stepped from a disc to the 'bell' of the trumpet, and the base of a shank or loop can be found in the centre of the upper edge of the head. The reverse of the head has two long cylindrical lugs, cast integral, holding the axel in place for the hinged pin. The bow has confronted acanthus decoration with a disc in between, flanked above and below by a double-moulded collar, all in halfround. The bow tapers to a discoidal foot, with the catchplate emerging out of the reverse of the bow beneath the acanthus decoration. This, too, is complete, except for a portion of the hooked pinrest that is missing.
Class: Trumpet
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 75
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 55.42 mm
Width: 20.44 mm
Weight: 14.7 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 31st January 2012 - Tuesday 28th February 2012
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
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: Middleton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9449
Four figure Latitude: 53.928607
Four figure longitude: -0.569902
1:25K map: SE9449
1:10K map: SE94NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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