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BROOCH
Unique ID: YORYM-9A317B
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy bow and fantail brooch dating to the Roman period (AD 50 - AD 150).
Only the foot and base of the bow still survives. The foot of the brooch is a characteristic triangular 'fantail' shape and decorated with a Celtic style scroll, with a lozenge cell above. Traces of red enamel decoration can also be seen. The remains of a catchplate projects centrally from the reverse of the foot.
The metal is very worn and mid-green in colour. The brooch is 20.4 mm long, 14.7 mm wide and 4.2 mm thick. It weighs 1.4 g.
Examples with very similar designs can be found in Hattatt (2000, p. 315, fig. 174, no. 76) and on the PAS database, such as YORYM-70940F.
Reference:
Hattatt, R., 2000 A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches Oxford : Oxbow Books.
Class: Bow and Fantail
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.4 mm
Width: 14.7 mm
Thickness: 4.2 mm
Weight: 1.4 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT: E04965
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Ryedale (District)
To be known as: North Yorkshire
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hattatt, R. | 2000 | A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches | Oxford | Oxbow Books | p. 315, fig. 174, no. 76 |
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