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BROOCH
Unique ID: YORYM-B78E41
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy bow and fantail brooch of Roman date. Only the triangular fantail survives which is decorated on the upper surface with a triskele design. The catchplate remains projecting from the reverse of the fantail.
The metal has a dark reddish-brown patina and is worn. The brooch is 24.9mm long, 16.8mm wide, 5.5mm thick and weighs 2.2g.
Similar examples can be seen in Hattatt, p.315, fig.174 and are dated to the 1st-2nd century AD.
Class: Fantail
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 24.9 mm
Width: 16.8 mm
Thickness: 5.5 mm
Weight: 2.2 g
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Fangfoss (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7652
Four figure Latitude: 53.95851455
Four figure longitude: -0.84322112
1:25K map: SE7652
1:10K map: SE75SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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