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BROOCH

Unique ID: YORYM-0059D8

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete copper alloy disc brooch of Roman date, c.AD 100-200. The disc is ovate with uneven, worn breaks on all edges. The outer face is decorated with six pellets arranged around a central pellet. Each of the outer pellets is connected to the pellets flanking it by a raised arcing line, creating a six cusped cell around the centre. Small red flecks remain within the central arced cell, which could be traces of enamel. The reverse is undecorated. Fragmentary traces of a lug and a catchplate remain, but the majority of the hinge mechanism and pin have been lost.

The metal is yellowish-brown in colour and worn. The brooch is 20.7mm in length, 15.0mm in width, 3.3mm thick, and weighs 1.9g.

Parallels are illustrated in Hattat (2000), p.344, fig.203, dated to the 2nd century AD. Similar brooches have been recorded on the database as IOW-3982F6, SF-C0E49D, and WILT-FD70FB.

Ref:

Hattatt, R. (2000) A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches. Oxford: Oxbow Books.

Class: Flat disc.

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 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 20.7 mm
Width: 15 mm
Thickness: 3.3 mm
Weight: 1.9 g

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: YMT : E05921

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: North Yorkshire (County)
District: Ryedale (District)
Parish or ward: Oswaldkirk (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SE6278
Four figure Latitude: 54.19402277
Four figure longitude: -1.05123862
1:25K map: SE6278
1:10K map: SE67NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Hattatt, R.	2000	A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches	Oxford	Oxbow Books	p.344, fig.203.

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Recording Institution: YORYM
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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