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BRACELET
Unique ID: BUC-192365
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman bracelet or armlet, probably dating to AD 320-410. The end is flattened with two moulded bead shapes above deliniated by pairs of lines. These areas are decorated with fine transverse lines. The main body of the bracelet is decorated with three longitudinal ridges alo the length of the bracelet. these have diagonal pairs of lines either side of them. The bracelet tapers and is oval in cross-section, with the decoration appearing on the outer surface only. Bracelets of this type have been recorded by Crummy and date to 320-450AD. See also: WILT-AB1E81
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 320
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37.35 mm
Diameter: 83.2 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 23rd September 2016
Rally details.
This object was found at Weekend Wanderers - Americans nr Bicester 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 21
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Cherwell (District)
To be known as: Bicester
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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