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BROOCH
Unique ID: DUR-0C2CE0
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Roman headstud brooch dating to the period c. AD 75 to 175.
The object features a square head with the wings missing. The pin does not remain however it would have been hinged. The loop is integrally cast to the body of the brooch. There is a circular stud on the bow of the brooch, just behind the head. The bow is undecorated and tapers towards the foot which has some moulded detail. The catchplate is missing.
Similar examples are recorded by Bayley and Butcher (2004: 967) and are usually dated to the late 1st or early 2nd centuries AD.
Class: Headstud
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 175
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 57.39 mm
Width: 16.7 mm
Weight: 12.8 g
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Hambleton (District)
Parish or ward: Bedale (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE2687
Four figure Latitude: 54.27798689
Four figure longitude: -1.6022006
1:25K map: SE2687
1:10K map: SE28NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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