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BROOCH
Unique ID: FAKL-CA8927
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Roman copper alloy brooch of 'T' type, bow keeled with a rib, marked by transverse notches, running down its length. There is a triangular opening in the catch plate the edge of which is marked by two transverse notches. The wings, either side of the brooch's head, are cylindrical and marked by circumferencial grooves at each end. The pin is of the self-tensioned hinge type, only part of the pin survives. Length 47.5mm, Width 23.6mm, Mass 9.34g.
Class: T shaped
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47.5 mm
Width: 23.6 mm
Weight: 9.34 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 8th August 2015
Rally details.
This object was found at Yorkshire Searchers, Cold Hansworth 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: FD 42
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF0384
Four figure Latitude: 53.34287948
Four figure longitude: -0.45438551
1:25K map: TF0384
1:10K map: TF08SW
Grid reference source: Recorded at a rally
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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