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BROOCH
Unique ID: LANCUM-24E463
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Copper-alloy Roman Hod Hill variant brooch, dating to c. AD 43 - 75. The head of the brooch is missing, leaving a flat lozenge-shape flanked by ridges, beneath which a D-shaped sectioned bow tapers to a point. The back of the brooch is flat apart from a catchplate, which extends from the bottom of the lozenge-shaped section to the foot. The lozenge-shaped section has a central circular perforation, which lies within an incised circle on the front face. The surface of the brooch is worn and carries a heavy green patina. The brooch is 36.62mm in length, 13.53mm in width and 4.72mm in thickness. It weighs 3.65g.
Similar examples recorded on the database include: DENO-5CDBF5, BERK-A0F7C5, LIN-431AF3 and LANCUM-7740DE. There is a parallel in Mackreth (2011), plate 96, no. 9382, where it is identified as a cross between a descendent of the Rosette type and the basic form of the Hod Hill type (Ibid., p.141).
Class: Hod Hill variant
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 75
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.62 mm
Width: 13.53 mm
Thickness: 4.72 mm
Weight: 3.65 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: N5216
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: Longstanton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL3966
Four figure Latitude: 52.2745854
Four figure longitude: 0.03586179
1:25K map: TL3966
1:10K map: TL36NE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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