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Unique ID: DENO-418310
Object type certainty: Certain
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Incomplete and heavily worn copper-alloy Roman headstud brooch with enamel decoration. The brooch is T-shaped with the pin and catchplate now missing. The head is sub-rectangular in shape with traces of the axis bar and hinge part of the pin fitting still visible in situ on the reverse of the head. The bow is sub-triangular in plan and tapers towards the foot. Below the head a raised rounded boss, which formed the headstud, is still present but very worn and lacks enamel decoration. Traces of enamel decoration are, however, still present on the lower part of the bow and consist of two columns of inwardly pointing red triangles with a column of alternating blue and yellow cells in between. Below this decoration are the remains of the knop and ridge decoration of the foot. Brooches of this type are dated AD 75-200.
Class: Headstud
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 200
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.83 mm
Width: 19.93 mm
Thickness: 6.5 mm
Weight: 6.2 g
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2012 - Wednesday 31st October 2012
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Other reference: Derby E7694
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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