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BROOCH
Unique ID: LVPL-F29210
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Roman copper alloy headstud brooch. It is abraded and incomplete. The suspension loop, the shank of the pin, as well as parts of the arms, catchplate & foot, are absent. It is probable that the bow, and possibly the wings and the stud, were decorated with enamel. Dates from between c75 and c200 AD.
The length is 17mm, the width is 16mm, thickness 16mm, and the weight 4.0g.
Class:
Headstud
Sub class: Mackreth (2011) Headstud 10.a-10.c Plate 73-4
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 17 mm
Width: 16 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight: 4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st November 2015
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Buttercrambe with Bossall
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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