LEIC-E66976: Roman copper alloy bow brooch, AD 75-175

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BROOCH

Unique ID: LEIC-E66976

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Roman copper alloy Trumpet brooch fragment dating to AD 75-175. The object represents the upper half of a trumpet brooch. It consists of a flat circular head plate which has a projecting, incomplete loop on its upper edge. Behind this is a spring of four coils and in front the D shaped cross sectioned bow emerges. The upper surface of the bow has a central vertical ridge and about 10mm down it has a rounded moulding with facetted 'diamond' shaped projections. Below this it is alomst rectangular in cross section and is plain and incomplete.

Length: 32 mm, width: 12 mm, thickness: 4 mm, weight: 5.99 grams.

Class: bow
Sub class: trumpet

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 175

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 32 mm
Width: 12 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 5.99 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 14th February 2018 - Wednesday 14th February 2018

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Scalford (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK7624
Four figure Latitude: 52.80820427
Four figure longitude: -0.87398232
1:25K map: SK7624
1:10K map: SK72SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 6 years ago
Updated: 6 years ago

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