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BROOCH
Unique ID: DENO-127934
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete and worn cast copper alloy Roman umbonate brooch. The brooch is sub-circular in form with a domed central boss and hollow reverse. The domed boss is decorated with a roundel design of enamel filled cells. The outer ring consists of blue triangular cells and there is an inner ring of samller red triangular cells. The remains of the hinged pin fittings survive on the rear but the pin is missing.
Brooches of this type are typically dated AD. c.100-250.
Class: Umbonate
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.82 mm
Height: 8.84 mm
Width: 21.52 mm
Weight: 4.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2012 - Saturday 31st March 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E7594
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
To be known as: Thoresby Area
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
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