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BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM-F4220C
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy brooch. Headstud brooch, Mackreth type Headstud 4. Cast, with short wings decorated with a pair of vertical grooves apiece, and with the stub of a cast loop on top, masking a cylindrical case for the stub of a hinged pin [otherwise mostly lost]. The bow is of indented rectangular section at its top with a stud with central annulus on the crest of the bow. Below this, eight rectangular cells retain enamel whose tint alternates between mid blue and ochre yellow. The bow tapers towards a collared drum-shaped pedestal foot; there is the stub of a catch plate behind the lower bow. Suggested date: Early Roman, 75-125
Length: 36.8mm, Width: 14.1mm, Thickness (crest of bow clear of stud): 4.2mm, Weight: 7.34gms
Class:
Headstud
Sub class: Mackreth type Headstud 4
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
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: 36.8 mm
Width: 14.1 mm
Thickness: 4.2 mm
Weight: 7.34 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 8th April 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM35899a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Alkborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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