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BROOCH
Unique ID: DENO-FCFEEC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete copper alloy lugged disc brooch of the Roman period, dating from c. AD 100 - c. AD 200.
The inlaid decoration, the pin, hinge and catch plate are missing, presumed lost in antiquity.
The brooch is formed from a broadly oval plate with eight projecting peripheral lugs or knops. The plate consists of eight integrally cast circular cells surrounding a larger central oval cell. These probably would have held glass beads, semi precious stones or enamel decoration. Each oval has been surrounded by a border of pellets with a semi circular knop at the top of each one on the outside edge. The reverse has two evenly spaced broadly square lugs at either end of the brooch, these are probably the remains of the hinge and catch plate.
The brooch measures 21.5 mm in length and is 19.4 mm wide. It has a thickness of 2.1 mm and weighs 1.4 g.
The brooch is a dark green and has an uneven patina. Abrasion caused by movement whilst within the plough soil has resulted in the loss of some of the original surface detail. Other broadly similar examples of this type of artefact have been recorded on the database including PUBLIC-4E9DC0, WMID-545A55 and NMS-2F16D3. These are similar in style and have been given a broad date of the 2nd to 4th century.
Class: Lugged,disc
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.5 mm
Width: 19.4 mm
Thickness: 2.1 mm
Weight: 1.4 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E8099
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Newark and Sherwood (District)
Parish or ward: Barnby in the Willows (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK8452
Four figure Latitude: 53.05865913
Four figure longitude: -0.74809193
1:25K map: SK8452
1:10K map: SK85SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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