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BROOCH
Unique ID: LEIC-297262
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Roman Period, copper alloy brooch fragment measuring 25.91mm in length, 16.01mm in width and 6.04mm thick. The brooch weighs 2.04g and appears undecorated.
The object is sub rectangular in shape and is plain and very thin. It appears to have been a circlular plate, possibly a back plate?
The reverse of the object contains a copper alloy spring and quite a long fragile pin.
The object is similar to several others from the same site, seeLEIC-27E8D5 and LEIC-279135
Class: PLATE
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 50
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.78 mm
Width: 12.85 mm
Thickness: 7.23 mm
Weight: 3.04 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: BOS5856
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
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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