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Roman (AD c. 50-400) Initial T-shaped brooch (Mackreth 2011, Chap 3, Part 4, The Hinged Pin, Type 5k Plate 58); The copper-alloy brooch has a cylindrical crossbar which has a central slot on the reverse to allow the pin to be hinged. The axis bar is within the wings and has a fragment of the pin hinged to the axis bar. The wings are undecorated. The bow is hump-like and undecorated. The bow tapers towards a blunt foot and is semi-circular in section. There is no trace of a catchplate.
It measures 39.23m long, 15.07mm wide and it weighs 5.22g.
The brooch is an initial T-shaped brooch, which is described as being usually hinged, not enameled, with no head stud and having fine decoration and date to the Flavian period, AD 69-96 (Bayley and Butcher, 2004: p. 159). Mackreth classifies this brooch as 2011, Chap 3, Part 4, The Hinged Pin, Type 5k and a similar example is on Plate 58 No. 2235 dating to the mid 1st to 4th century..
Bayley, J. and Butcher, S., 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection London: Society of Antiquaries
Mackreth, D. F. 2011 Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain Volume 1 Oxford: Oxbow Books
Class:
Initial T-shaped
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, Chap 3, Part 4, The Hinged Pin, Type 5k Plate 58
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 400
Quantity: 1
Length: 39.23 mm
Width: 15.07 mm
Weight: 5.22 g
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2018 - Saturday 8th December 2018
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
4 Figure: SP1553
Four figure Latitude: 52.17505692
Four figure longitude: -1.78206879
1:25K map: SP1553
1:10K map: SP15SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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