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BROOCH
Unique ID: LEIC-18B8F4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman copper alloy head stud bow brooch, Length: 44 mm, width: 17 mm, thickness: 14.0 mm, weight: 7.41 grams. The brooch is largely intact and has short rectangular cross sectioned wings which have a stepped front. The reverse of the wings has a pin bar enclosed in a rounded projection in its centre. This has a central recess to accomodate the hinged pin, sitting below the remains of a suspension loop on its upper edge.
The bow is sub rectangular in cross section and is curved. It is decorated on the upper surface with a raised round 'headstud' at the top which is divided into four quadrants. The main part of the bow is decorated with a raised linear rectangular cell which has a central raised area formed of a row of small overlapping squares. At the base of this is a double rounded collar above a stepped semi-circular foot. The majority of the reverse of the bow is taken up with a catchplate scar.
It matches fig.191 eg.421 in Hattat, R.'A visual catalogue'
Class:
bow
Sub class: Headstud
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 44 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight: 7.41 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 12th April 2017 - Wednesday 12th April 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Hinckley and Bosworth (District)
To be known as: Peckleton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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