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BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM-078277
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy Roman plate brooch. Mackreth (2011)), Plate 2g1. A cast disc with central annulus and a series of six equidistant dots in relief set around it, within a rim. The stubs of a catch plate and pin position remain on the back. A crease makes it appear the brooch has been folded in half, though probably nearly straightened again in antiquity. Suggested date: Roman, 150-300.
Diameter: 22.4mm, Thickness (plate clear of fastening gear): 1.7mm, Weight: 3.74gms.
Class:
Disc, British
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, Chapter 7, Part 3, Plate 2g1, PLATE 106
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 150
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 3.74 g
Diameter: 22.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 5th March 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM22014a
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Swinhope
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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