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BROOCH
Unique ID: LANCUM-5CC6E2
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a Roman fantail brooch dating from c. AD70-200. Only part of the bow and the fan-shaped foot with the pin rest underneath remain. the underside of the brooch was plain, but the obverse was decorated with two moulded spirales/volutes which were, probably, filled with red enamel.
Class: Fantail
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 70
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28 mm
Width: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 7th May 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Floral
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Gloucestershire (County)
District: Cotswold (District)
To be known as: Aldsworth
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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