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BROOCH
Unique ID: YORYM-C1CB6C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete copper alloy Roman Aucissa brooch, dating to the period c.AD 43-75. The brooch is missing the hinged pin, and the rolled terminal of the head which would have housed the axis bar. The head birfurcates where it would have accommodated the pin, and terminates in worn breaks. It is decorated with a series of moulded transverse bands, the middle of which is narrowed to form a neck. The bow is very steeply arched, is rectangular in cross section, and is decorated with a central moulded longitudinal ridge and a series of transverse mouldings at its base. It narrows to the foot, which terminates in a rounded knop. The catchplate is intact at the reverse of the foot, although its edges have worn breaks. The reverse is undecorated. A light green patina is on the surface, aside from an area at the terminal of the head which is iron stained.
The brooch measures 42.94mm in length, 12.67mm in width at the head, 7.71mm in width at the bow, 25.04mm in thickness from catchplate to bow, and weighs 5.09g.
CF. Bayley and Butcher (2004) p.67, no. 76
Class: Aucissa
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 75
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.94 mm
Width: 12.67 mm
Thickness: 25.04 mm
Weight: 5.09 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 26th October 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: YMT : E05210
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Yapham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE7950
Four figure Latitude: 53.94009431
Four figure longitude: -0.79802777
1:25K map: SE7950
1:10K map: SE75SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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