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BROOCH
Unique ID: BH-0C798D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete copper-alloy trumpet type brooch, dating from the late 1st to late 2nd century AD.
The subconical head is heavily damaged, and the spring and chain loop are missing. The head tapers into a circular-sectioned bow. The widest point of this bow is around halfway, where there is an irregular moulding with flanking groove above and below. Beneath this moulding, the bow tapers, terminating in a pointed foot. The remains of a catchplate protrude from the underside of the lower bow.
Length: 40.9mm; width: 5.5mm. Weight: 4.56g.
Class: Trumpet
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Exactly AD 175
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40.9 mm
Width: 5.5 mm
Weight: 4.56 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st December 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 14/39 - 12
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Ashwell
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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