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BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM-EBDEBC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy brooch. Copper alloy brooch of flat, enamelled disc (sexfoil) type, Mackreth Type British Plate 2.b. A circular plate has what Mackreth describes as a hexagon with concave sides with a lobe extending out from each corner and ending in a pellet, all in the same degree of relief. The hexagon is filled with brick red enamel with a central circular pellet. There are slight traces of white material in the field between the lobed hexagon and the outer rim. The back bears the stubs of paired lugs to retain pin gear and the stub of a catch plate opposite them. Suggested date: AD 80-250.
Diameter: 18.7mm, Thickness (clear of pin gear): 2.1mm, Weight: 3.28gms.
Class:
Flat, enamelled disc (sexfoil)
Sub class: Mackreth Type British Plate 2.b.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 80
Date to: Circa AD 250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Weight: 3.28 g
Diameter: 18.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 30th October 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM28092
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Crowle
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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