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BROOCH

Unique ID: SWYOR-A4DDFC

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete, copper alloy Roman brooch of Dragonesque type, dating from AD 75 - 175. The remaining portion consists of the central body. Both zoomorphic heads are missing. The body is decorated with enamelled cells. There are four central, pointed oval cells forming an X shape filled with pale blue enamel. A sub-triangular cell extends from the angle between each pair to the end of the body at each end, also filled with pale blue enamel. The rest of the field is filled with red enamel. The remaining portion of the brooch is 35.6mm long, 21.4mm wide and 4.9mm thick. 8.68g.

Similar brooches are illustrated in Mackreth, 2011, Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, volume 2, plate 129.

Class: Dragonesque

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 175

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 35.6 mm
Width: 21.4 mm
Thickness: 4.9 mm
Weight: 8.68 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2016 - Tuesday 10th May 2016

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: PAS form number 2901

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel

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: Newton on Derwent (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE7350
Four figure Latitude: 53.94097382
Four figure longitude: -0.88941004
1:25K map: SE7350
1:10K map: SE75SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

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Recording Institution: SWYOR
Created: 7 years ago
Updated: 7 years ago

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