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BROOCH

Unique ID: HAMP-66F1F8

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A Roman (AD 43-100) copper-alloy lozenge-shaped plate brooch with hinge mechanism, missing its pin and the curl of the catchplate. All damage is old.
The lozenge-shaped plate is of flat section (c.1mm thick) with incurved edges and a sunken circular area at the centre (10.6mm diameter), decorated with two raised concentric ridges around the remains of a central iron rivet. Iron staining covers most of the sunken area.
To the reverse are a pair of D-shaped lugs with the head of the pin caught between behind one end of the lozenge-shaped plate. At the opposite end a short catchplate (c.5mm tall) projects backwards. To the front of the lozenge-shaped plate at both of these extremeities, is a short groove bifurcating the two tips of the lozenge. Their very ends are missing (worn breaks).
Where the original patina remains, traces of a shiny silvery/ gold wash are visible at the centre and around the surrounding areas of the lozenge.
Measures 32.81mm in length, 20.38mm in width, 4.84mm in height and weighs 1.96g.
Four close parallels for this brooch were found at Richborough, Kent, where they were identified as an early form of plate brooch, probably dating from the mid 1st century AD (Bayley and Butcher 2004: 121 - 122, nos. 342 - 345).

Class: lozenge-shaped

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 100

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 32.81 mm
Height: 4.84 mm
Width: 20.38 mm
Weight: 1.96 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 22nd September 2013

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Winchester Museums Entry Form 3755

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Winchester (District)
Parish or ward: Wonston (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU4842
Four figure Latitude: 51.17523012
Four figure longitude: -1.31475048
1:25K map: SU4842
1:10K map: SU44SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Bayley, J. and Butcher, S.	2004	Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection	London	The Society of Antiquaries	p.121 - 122	nos. 342 - 345

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Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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