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BROOCH
Unique ID: SWYOR-14D266
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper alloy Roman trumpet brooch, dating from AD 75 - 175. The head and foot are missing. The upper bow of the brooch is oval in section and the middle of the bow is decorated with a worn acanthus button moulding consisting of a central prominent, transverse ridge flanked by indistinct petals above and below. The moulding extends round the back of the bow. The lower bow is triangular in section and is damaged at the lower end, with the foot missing, but the top part of the catchplate survives. The brooch has a rough green patina. It is 40.5mm long, 7.3mm wide and 14.5mm thick. 6g.
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: 40.5 mm
Width: 7.3 mm
Thickness: 14.5 mm
Weight: 6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st February 2018 - Thursday 3rd May 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 3157
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Armthorpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE6105
Four figure Latitude: 53.53811496
Four figure longitude: -1.08105114
1:25K map: SE6105
1:10K map: SE60NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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