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BROOCH
Unique ID: YORYM-528005
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy Headstud brooch of Roman date. The head of the brooch is comprised of narrow rectangular wings which appear undecorated and it has a very small sub-rectangular projection from the top of the head of the brooch. On the reverse of the head are two attachment lugs through which a bar or the pin mechanism would have been fitted. From a central point, the wings taper to a rectangular-sectioned bow, which is bent sharply near the head, and terminates into a rounded foot knop. At the wider section of the upper bow the hole in which the headstud would once have been can still be seen, though the headstud itself no longer remains. The bow shows signs of decoration along the central spine consisting of two grooves running down the edges of the bow. The catchplate survives although the pin mechanism and pin proper no longer remains.
The metal is light green grey in colour. It is 45.27mm long, 6.26mm wide, 2.66mm wide and weighs 11.26g.
Similar examples are illustrated in Hattatt p.332-3, figs.191-2 and are dated to the 2nd Century AD.
Class: Headstud
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45.27 mm
Width: 6.26 mm
Thickness: 2.66 mm
Weight: 11.26 g
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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: Newbald (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9436
Four figure Latitude: 53.81180084
Four figure longitude: -0.57388122
1:25K map: SE9436
1:10K map: SE93NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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