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BROOCH

Unique ID: SUR-0DB718

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Roman cast copper alloy knee brooch, now a little distorted. The hinged pin is missing. The brooch is undecorated save for a pair of transverse grooves above the prominent catchplate and a group of notches on the edge of the flaring foot.

Class: Knee

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 150
Date to: Circa AD 250

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 40.49 mm
Width: 14.56 mm
Weight: 4.92 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: 14-1428

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Whitchurch (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP8019
Four figure Latitude: 51.86385571
Four figure longitude: -0.83961982
1:25K map: SP8019
1:10K map: SP81NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

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Recording Institution: SUR
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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