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BROOCH
Unique ID: WMID-FAA395
Object type certainty: Possibly
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy fragment, possibly from a Roman trumpet brooch dating from AD75-175. The damage occurred in antiquity. In plan, the fragment is a bar with a bulbous centre. Both ends of the bar have rounded terminals. The fragment is circular in section. The surfaces of the fragment are worn due to movement in the plough soil. The fragment has an even mid green patina.
The fragment is possibly from the central section of a trumpet brooch bow. A complete example of a trumpet brooch with a comparable bow is recorded under reference YORYM-FA1705. Similar examples of trumpet brooches are illustrated in Bayley, J. and Butcher, S. 2004, p. 160-164.
Length: 25.54mm. Diameter: 11.81mm. Weight: 9.5g.
Ref: Bayley, J. and Butcher, S. 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection Society of Antiquaries
Class: Trumpet
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 175
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.54 mm
Weight: 9.5 g
Diameter: 11.81 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013 - Monday 14th October 2013
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: East Staffordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Denstone (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK1042
Four figure Latitude: 52.97525989
Four figure longitude: -1.85252911
1:25K map: SK1042
1:10K map: SK14SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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