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BROOCH
Unique ID: SWYOR-678FE2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy Roman knee brooch dating from about AD 150 - 250. It has a tubular head which is half open and contains the corroded remains of an iron spring. The bow is rectangular in section and has a raised ridge across each end of the upper bow. There is also a rideg across the reverse of the bow at the top of the lower bow; this is recurving, but the lower end and the foot are missing. The brooch has traces of silvering. The brooch is very similar to number 1227 on page 335 of Hattatt's Visual Catalogue. It is 29.46mm long, 16.14mm wide and 10.85mm thick. 6.53g.
Class: Knee
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 150
Date to: Circa AD 250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.46 mm
Width: 16.14 mm
Thickness: 10.85 mm
Weight: 6.53 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014 - Thursday 8th May 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2170
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
District: Wakefield (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Pontefract South (Metropolitan District Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4720
Four figure Latitude: 53.67436443
Four figure longitude: -1.29001784
1:25K map: SE4720
1:10K map: SE42SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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