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BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM-B66285
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy brooch. Cast headstud brooch, Mackreth type Headstud 5.b. Short rectangular wings, each decorated with a pair of small studs or pellets, hide a narrow tubular case for an axis bar retaining the stub of a pin. A short curved ridge extends along the medial line of a rectangular section bow to a tapered hole for a separate stud [now lost]. Below the aperture, a strip of lozengiform cells flanked by smaller triangular cells extends down the centre of the bow, which tapers to a pedestal foot with three moulded elements and a basal hollow. The stub of a catch plate remains behind the foot, with a further relict further up the bow. The lower bow is sharply bent. Suggested date: Early Roman, 75-125.
Length: 25.6mm, Width: 15.2mm, Thickness (crest of bow at position of lost stud): 3.8mm, Weight: 5.54gms.
Class:
Headstud
Sub class: Mackreth type Headstud 5.b
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 125
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.6 mm
Width: 15.2 mm
Thickness: 3.8 mm
Weight: 5.54 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 26th October 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM34985
Materials and construction
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: Wetwang
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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