Rights Holder: Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum
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Unique ID: WILT-8FC0C4
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete Roman (AD 50-150) copper alloy plate headed T-shaped brooch with an incomplete loop and a top section of the bow.
The head of the brooch is incomplete as the head loop is missing. A sub rectangular section above the wings narrows at the top and has two horizontal ridges. The brooch measures 22.00 mm in length and weighs 4.95 grams. The tubular wingspan is 29.76mm, and the tips are broken off. The reverse surface of this brooch is plain, but between the wings on the reverse side, there is a small recess to holding the pin which is missing.
The bow (12.84 mm wide) and extends from the base of the wings until the old break. The first visible section of the bow is plain, above the break is a slight raised projection, possible a raised vertical ridge.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 150
Quantity: 1
Height: 22.34 mm
Weight: 4.95 g
Diameter: 12.84 mm
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Other reference: SSW4948
4 Figure: SU0324
Four figure Latitude: 51.01537053
Four figure longitude: -1.95860828
1:25K map: SU0324
1:10K map: SU02SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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