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BROOCH
Unique ID: BH-224E6A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A fragment of an Aesica brooch dating to the period AD 43 to 80. The fragment comprises the head and mid-bow plate. The foot and catchplate are missing. The head comprises two small, rectangular wings with semi-circular end-plates. The end-plates are pierced to accommodate an axis bar, but are broken. The pin and axis bar are missing. There is a notch at the middle of the head, presumably for the pin. Extending from the head is a curved, trilobed plate, with each lobe being a small, circular extension. From below this plate, there extends a flat, approximately triangular mid-bow plate with two further circular lobes. The upper curved plate is secured to this lower plate with a small, circular rivet, visible on the underside of the mid-bow. Tinning is visible in the upper surfaces of the brooch. The brooch measures 30mm in length. The wings measure 24mm in width; the upper curved plate measures a maximum of 28mm in width; the lower plate measures a maximum of 28mm. It weighs 12.11g
Class: Aesica
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 80
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 28 mm
Weight: 12.11 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 2014 - Thursday 27th October 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Clive's Number 43
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: North Hertfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Wallington (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL2934
Four figure Latitude: 51.98948027
Four figure longitude: -0.12274292
1:25K map: TL2934
1:10K map: TL23SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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