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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-F13520
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Incomplete Late Iron Age to Early Roman copper alloy Léontomorphe brooch with the spring , pin and the rolled over part of the catchplate missing. The spring case is distorted and also incomplete. The lion at the top of the bow is highly stylised and the fantail is engraved with a herringbone motif. Mackreth 2011, LEO 5.d. Length c.33mm. Width 14mm. c.25 - c.60 AD.
Class:
Leontomorphe
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, LEO 5.d
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 25
Date to: Circa AD 60
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33 mm
Width: 14 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 26th July 2017 - Wednesday 27th September 2017
Rally details.
This object was found at Detectival 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: DDMD092017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Leafield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP3014
Four figure Latitude: 51.82382138
Four figure longitude: -1.56612665
1:25K map: SP3014
1:10K map: SP31SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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