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BROOCH
Unique ID: DENO-893872
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A Roman copper alloy plate gilded disc brooch. The oval plate has a raised border around a recessed area encircling a central setting containing a pointed oval jet black glass stone. The surrounding area is decorated with a very worn but possible geometric design, the majority of which is still gilded. On the reverse is a worn but complete spring and a catch-plate missing its curl. The pin is missing.
Length 23.8mm. Width 19.1mm. Thickness 13.2mm. Thickness of plate, not including glass, pin-lug and catch-plate 4.9mm. The glass Central setting length: 15.9mm. Central setting width 11.1mm. Weight 5.4g.
For similar examples see Hattatt (2000, 364, fig.223, no.1210, 1647 and 173). 2nd-3rd century AD.
Class: gilded disc, oval
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 200
Date to: Exactly AD 350
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.8 mm
Width: 19.1 mm
Thickness: 13.2 mm
Weight: 5.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 1998 - Thursday 31st December 1998
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: DERBY E8299
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Multiple
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Nottinghamshire (County)
District: Rushcliffe (District)
Parish or ward: Hickling (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK6728
Four figure Latitude: 52.84534776
Four figure longitude: -1.00665441
1:25K map: SK6728
1:10K map: SK62NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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