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BROOCH
Unique ID: OXON-EE1E71
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy disc shaped mount or applique of Roman date. The outer edge of the mount has a raised edge which is noticably worn on one side. Within the mount are two further raised concentric ribs of reserve metal creating three unequally sized ring-shaped cells. No trace of internal decoration, such as enamel, is visible. There is a sub-rectangular hole in a section of the outer cell, apparently worn through. There may have been a rivet hole through this section which has then broken, as there are no other fittings or attachement points on the mount. There is an area of concretion in part of the outer cell, but it does not appear to have been part of something functional. The reverse of the mount has recesses correlating to the raised ribs on the other side. This object probably dates to the second or third century AD, although its use is uncertain.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 4.5 g
Diameter: 24 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OXPAS2018.479
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: South Leigh (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP4007
Four figure Latitude: 51.76026313
Four figure longitude: -1.42184611
1:25K map: SP4007
1:10K map: SP40NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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