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BROOCH
Unique ID: SWYOR-9F9A2D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper alloy Roman brooch fragment; the enamelled constricting collar from the head loop of a brooch, probably a headstud brooch dating from AD 75 - 200. The collar is rectangular, but corroded so the edges are rounded. A double slot in the reverse allows the wire that forms the headloop of the brooch to pass through the collar, being constricted by it to form the neck below the head loop. The front of the collar is decorated with three lozenge shaped cells of blue enamel, and flanking triangular red enamelling. Two short pieces of the copper alloy wire survive. The fragment is 13.23mm long, 7.1mm wide and 5.2mm thick. 1.61g.
Compare the more complete brooches SWYOR-39CC5D, SWYOR-0E1E55 and SWYOR-2C57A7 for similar constricting collars from wire head loops.
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 75
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.2 mm
Width: 7.1 mm
Thickness: 5.2 mm
Weight: 1.61 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 18th December 2017 - Monday 18th December 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 3109
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
District: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Dalton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK4692
Four figure Latitude: 53.42279828
Four figure longitude: -1.3092624
1:25K map: SK4692
1:10K map: SK49SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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