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BROOCH
Unique ID: LIN-77F3B0
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete copper-alloy bow and fantail brooch of Roman date, c.AD 50 - 150. Only the fantail now remains, the rest having been lost to worn breaks.
The fantail is triangular and a transverse collar is present at the narrower end, where it would have joined the upper bow. The front of the fantail is decorated with a central column of three vertically aligned conjoined lozenge shaped cells. These cells are flanked by smaller recessed triangular cells. No enamel is retained. The worn remains of a catchplate project from the reverse of the lower bow.
The metal has a dark green patina and is worn. The brooch is 21 mm long, 11 mm wide, 5 mm thick and weighs 2.28 g.
Similar examples can be seen in Hattatt, p.315, fig.174 and date from the mid-1st-2nd century AD.
Ref: Hattatt, R. (2000) A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
Class: Bow and fantail
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 21 mm
Width: 11 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight: 2.28 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Osbournby area
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