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BROOCH

Unique ID: NLM-F270C1

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A complete cast copper-alloy trumpet-headed brooch in excellent condition. The flattened wing-like trumpet head has an integral chain loop. The wings have two vertical ribs at each end. Behind the wings is a hinge pin mechanism, which still retains the copper alloy pin. Midway down the bow is a small, decorated disc with a diameter of 8.4mm. Above the disc is a single transverse rib. Either side of the disc is a small lug and in the centre of the disc is a ring. The disc would have originally have been filled with enamel. Below the disc is a fan shaped leg with three lozenge-shaped cells in a vertical line, which would have contained enamel. At the top of the leg are four transverse ribs. Behind the fan-shaped leg is a short catchplate (length 18.4mm, width 6.3mm). The overall length of the brooch is 39.9mm, the width is 14.1mm and the weight is 6.10g.

An exact parallel can be found in Hattat. R, 1985, p113 No. 449) and is dated top the mid second century.

Class: Trumpet-headed

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 39.9 mm
Width: 14.1 mm
Weight: 6.1 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st November 2004

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: NLM08431

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast

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)
To be known as: Sancton

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Hattatt, R.	1985	Iron Age and Roman Brooches	Oxford	Oxbow Books	113, No.449

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Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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