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BROOCH
Unique ID: DUR-873B16
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A near complete copper alloy Roman disc brooch with inlaid blue stone.
The object is circular in plan and features a circular border around inlaid blue glass which is complete. The border is gilded with good preservation. There are inwardly radiating lines on the gilded border area which are three quarters of the width. The back of the brooch is flat and undecorated with no evidence of gilding. The pin rest and the hinge for the pin are still in place although the pin itself has been lost.
Similar examples are listed in Hattatt as gilded glass centre-boss type and are dated to the 2nd or 3rd century AD. There are also examples recorded on the PAS database, see records SUR-003BA1, SWYOR-492CA2 and SF-8F28D4.
Class: Disc
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 7.3 g
Diameter: 24.41 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Ryedale (District)
Parish or ward: Malton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7872
Four figure Latitude: 54.13793
Four figure longitude: -0.807614
1:25K map: SE7872
1:10K map: SE77SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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