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BROOCH
Unique ID: LEIC-265054
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Roman Period, copper alloy disc brooch; 24.72mm in length, 14.51mm wide and 7.44mm thick. The brooch weighs 4.59g. The brooch is similar to no.1207 in fig. 223 of Hatatt's Visual Catalogue and is empty of enamel.
The brooch is oval in shape and rectangular in section, and consists of an oval plate with a raised oval border in its centre, which would have held a filling.
The reverse of the brooch is flat except for the copper alloy catch plate which runs a third of the way in, and the copper alloy spring showing three coils and surrounded by iron staining. The two are located at the furthest points from the centre.
Class: Disc
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Bosworth Battlefield
Subsequent action after recording: Undergoing further examination at a museum
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.72 mm
Width: 14.51 mm
Thickness: 7.44 mm
Weight: 4.59 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: BOS3650
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
To be known as: Bosworth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 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 | 223 | 1207 |
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