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BROOCH
Unique ID: DENO-936D7F
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch dating to the 1st-2nd century AD (c. AD 75-175). The head, the upper bow and the spring are preserved. The head is broadly D-shaped in cross section and preserves the sping, both pierced lugs and the iron bar (corroded). The bow protrudes from the lower part of the head, is hump-like, triangular in cross section and flat on the reverse. On the front a vertical groove runs down the middle of the bow. On the upper edge of the bow head traces of an integral head loop are preserved. The head is not decorated.
Overal the object is 12.20mm long, 4.49mm wide, 7.50mm thick and weighs 1.20g.
Class: Trumpet
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: 12.2 mm
Width: 4.49 mm
Thickness: 7.5 mm
Weight: 1.2 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st December 2007 - Saturday 31st May 2008
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E8160
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: North West Leicestershire (District)
Parish or ward: Isley cum Langley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK4124
Four figure Latitude: 52.81199326
Four figure longitude: -1.39316158
1:25K map: SK4124
1:10K map: SK42SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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