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BROOCH
Unique ID: LEIC-287B91
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Roman Period, copper alloy Axe brooch; 21.12mm in length, 15.83mm wide and 8.38mm thick and weighing 2.66g.
The object consist of half of an axe brooch and is cruciform. It has two cresecentric blades emerging from either side of a shaft which has a pointed terminal (possibly from wear).
The reverse of the brooch is flat and contains a semi-circular lug with two coils of iron spring, centrally placed. There is also evidence of heavy tinning on the reverse surrounding the spring itself.
The brooch matches the upper part of fig.1144, plate 217, p.358 in Hattat, R. A Visual Catalogue....
Class:
plate
Sub class: Axe
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: 21.12 mm
Width: 15.83 mm
Thickness: 8.38 mm
Weight: 2.66 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: BOS1603
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Gold
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
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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