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BROOCH
Unique ID: FAKL-ED29D6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Roman brooch of 'bow and fantail' type. Cast copper alloy with enamel inlay, traces of tinning/silvering on the head. The foot is expanded to form the 'fan' its surface inlaid with three triangular panels containing red champleve enamel. These are surrounded by a band of 'rocked tracer' decoration. The bow has a square section, 4.1 x 3.4mm with two longitudinal grooves down its length. The wings on the head are cylindrical with narrow plate extending across its end. Attached to this plate is an integrally cast terminal loop. The pin is of hinged type and survives as does the catch plate. Length 42.2mm, Width (fantail) 20.6mm, (head) 14,8mm Height 14.2mm, Mass 7.99g
Class: Bow and fantail
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: 42.2 mm
Height: 14.2 mm
Width: 20.6 mm
Weight: 7.99 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 648
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Langtoft (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TA0066
Four figure Latitude: 54.08022003
Four figure longitude: -0.47297834
1:25K map: TA0066
1:10K map: TA06NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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