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BROOCH
Unique ID: DOR-618CB9
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of copper alloy initial T-shaped bow brooch. The head, partial wings and bow, and a stub of the hinged pin only remain. The wings are incomplete and cylindrical. They are covered in iron corrosion, probably from an iron axis bar for the hinged pin. Part of the pin remains attached in the notch at the rear of the wings and is also covered in iron corrosion. The head is wide and constricts sharply into the D-sectioned bow. It is decorated at each side with two vertical moulded ridges. The head and bow are decorated with a double strand of moulded longitudinal ridges running to the break.
Date: Roman - c. AD 50 - 100
Dimensions: 21.48 mm x 17.19 mm x 8.57 mm
Weight: 3.26 g
Class:
T-shaped
Sub class: Initial
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21.48 mm
Width: 17.19 mm
Thickness: 8.57 mm
Weight: 3.26 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCMS 019460
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Fragment
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