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Unique ID: LEIC-1240C2
Object type certainty: Certain
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Roman copper alloy Plate brooch, 27mm in diameter, 13mm thick with a weight of 5.44g.
The brooch is circular in form and rectangular in cross section with a central projection in its upper surface consisting of a concave circular cross sectioned shaft sitting below a conical knop. This has been rivetted onto the brooch and the fixing is visible on the reverse. The object has two raised borders, one on the edge and one half way in. This one encloses the raised knop and has an incomplete bed of black/blue enamel. Between this and the outer border there are traces that this was also enamelled, but it is now missing. The outer broder is decorated with transverse linear depressions and there are the remains of a now missing suspension loop. The reverse houses an intact pin mechanism consisting of two semi-circular lugs with an adjoing bar. This has a U shaped 'spring' with two coils at each side wrapped around it and the pin is present but detached. Opposite this is a rectangular shaped catchplate.
Class: plate
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 100
Date to: Exactly AD 200
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight: 5.44 g
Diameter: 27 mm
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
4 Figure: SK6522
Four figure Latitude: 52.79166338
Four figure longitude: -1.03753681
1:25K map: SK6522
1:10K map: SK62SE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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