SUR-60CAA4: 03/530 Circular plate brooch, front view

Rights Holder: Surrey County Council
CC License:

View Zoom Download

Rights Holder: Surrey County Council
CC License:

View Zoom

Image use policy

Our images can be used under a CC BY attribution licence (unless stated otherwise).

BROOCH

Unique ID: SUR-60CAA4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A Roman copper-alloy disc brooch; the pin and spring are both missing. The design centres on an equal-armed curvilinear cross with a central raised circle and red enamel in the semi-circular shapes formed by the arms of the cross.

Class: Disc

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 100
Date to: AD 250

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 3.06 g
Diameter: 20 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 1985

Personal details

This information is restricted for your access level.

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast

Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Lewes (District)
Parish or ward: Beddingham (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ4304
Four figure Latitude: 50.817898
Four figure longitude: 0.028642
1:25K map: TQ4304
1:10K map: TQ40SW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

No references cited so far.

Similar objects

Find number: WILT-A320F0
Object type: BROOCH
Broadperiod: ROMAN
An incomplete enamelled copper alloy Roman (AD c.100-200) millefiori disc brooch, missing its pin, the curl of the catch plate and most of th…
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Find number: LIN-440141
Object type: BROOCH
Broadperiod: ROMAN
An enamelled copper alloy disc brooch. The brooch is flat, circular and has a circular enamelled cell in the centre surrounded by two circular…
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Find number: SF-A7EA92
Object type: PLATE BROOCH
Broadperiod: ROMAN
An incomplete cast copper-alloy plate disc brooch of Roman date. It is missing the edges of the plate, catchplate and pin due to old breaks. …
Workflow: Awaiting validation

Timeline of associated dates

Report a mistake

Audit data

Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 20 years ago
Updated: 10 years ago

Other formats: this page is available as qrcode json xml geojson pdf rdf representations.