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BROOCH
Unique ID: SWYOR-AF8DD6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Roman headstud brooch dating from AD 75 - 200. The brooch wings are small and rectangular. They hide a tubular housing for the axis bar and the remains of a copper alloy pin, most of which is missing. The brooch is very worn but the stubs of a missing integral headloop are just discernible. The headstud is now nothing more than a worn integral oval lump. The bow tapers to the discoidal foot. The catchplate is missing. The brooch has a grey brown 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: Exactly AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.25 mm
Width: 11.33 mm
Thickness: 5.74 mm
Weight: 3.93 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 22nd November 2011 - Wednesday 21st November 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Reference Number PAS 2057
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Leeds (Metropolitan District)
District: Leeds (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Aberford (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4337
Four figure Latitude: 53.827495
Four figure longitude: -1.348203
1:25K map: SE4337
1:10K map: SE43NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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