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BROOCH
Unique ID: LANCUM-254F64
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Cast copper alloy spoked disc brooch dating from the later Roman period, that is c. the 3rd-4th century AD. The brooch survives nearly complete with only the iron pin missing. The brooch was made from cast copper-alloy with a tinned/silvered reverse and a gilded obverse. The pin was made from iron. It was a sprung construction with the spring still intact but very corroded and the pin missing. The pin rest is damaged. The surface of the brooch, especially on the observe, survives nearly intact. The obverse is cast with a raised cone/tutulus which is surrounded by eight heavy cast spokes. They touch, on the outside a low rim which in turn is the inner border for a field of row of stampted/incised letter Ys. There is further hatched/diagonally incised decoration closer to the central cone which is topped by a biconical knop.
Ref: Hattatt 1987, 254-5; fig 79; 1215-1216.
Find of note status
This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Class: Spoked Disc
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 200
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 17.9 mm
Weight: 10.3 g
Diameter: 24 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 2nd March 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Gilded
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: West Berkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Lambourn (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3278
Four figure Latitude: 51.5000376
Four figure longitude: -1.54039364
1:25K map: SU3278
1:10K map: SU37NW
Grid reference source: Centred on village (which isn't a parish)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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