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BROOCH
Unique ID: SWYOR-94ACE8
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Roman headstud brooch dating from AD 75 - 175. Only the head survives, and it is very worn and corroded. There is a vertical fin (pseudo forward hook) in the centre of the bow head, and below this an oval hollow with a rivet hole in the centre through which the separate head stud would have been attached. The bow has broken across the hollow and the break is patinated. The front of the wings are decorated with enamel, but only fragments of blue and possibly red survive and the original design is not visible. On the back of the head is a tubular housing for the axis bar. it is slotted for the hinged pin which does not survive. The brooch has a dusty bright green patina.
Class: Headstud
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 175
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.88 mm
Width: 25.4 mm
Thickness: 11.04 mm
Weight: 12.54 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st February 2012 - Thursday 10th May 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1854
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Marr (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE5205
Four figure Latitude: 53.539081
Four figure longitude: -1.216836
1:25K map: SE5205
1:10K map: SE50NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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