Rights Holder: Lincolnshire County Council
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Unique ID: LIN-465601
Object type certainty: Certain
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A Roman knee brooch, or perhaps a trumpet-headed variant. The headplate is flat and crescent-shaped, with two lugs on the reverse containing a spring. The bow is wide, arched and tapers to the break. The bow is more like a trumpet-headed variant than a Knee brooch.
Class: Knee
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 300
Quantity: 1
Length: 27 mm
Width: 12 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 3rd March 2012
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
4 Figure: SK9753
Four figure Latitude: 53.0654472
Four figure longitude: -0.55388172
1:25K map: SK9753
1:10K map: SK95SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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