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BROOCH
Unique ID: PUBLIC-2C6749
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman trumpet-headed brooch , probably dating from the 2nd century AD.
The bow is of D-shaped cross section and has a well worn break at its bottom end; at the top, it flares into a semicircular headplate. On the underside of this headplate is an axis bar cylinder, with the iron axis bar visible at the central pin slot. The pin itself is missing. On the upper surface of the headplate is a perimeter groove, the curvature of which mirrors that of the adjacent edge.
Class: Trumpet
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.26 mm
Width: 23.26 mm
Weight: 6.339 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 3rd October 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: East Dorset (District)
To be known as: Nr Wimborne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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