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BROOCH
Unique ID: DENO-817C85
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy, enamelled dragonesque brooch dating from late 1st or 2nd century AD. The brooch is almost complete with only one of the terminal heads missing. The pin is still in place, bent around the neck of the brooch. Although most of the enamel is missing, it is still possible to make out small areas. The patina is dark brown and green in places, with the enamel standing out in blue and red. The brooch is S-shaped with the extant end terminating in a small head with ear, eye and an upturned snout. One ear contains the remains of a blue enamel, the other red.The body was cast with a number of integral cells originally filled with enamel, probably alternating blue and red, as often found on Dragonesque brooches. The design on the body is geometric/curvilinear, with a central rectangle divided by three diamond shaped cells, either side of this the cell walls are curved. Length 32.9mm, Width 21.2mm, Thickness 1.8mm, Weight 4.49g.
Similar brooches are illustrated in Mackreth, 2011, Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, volume 2, plate 129.
Parallels are recorded under SWYOR-279501, NLM-7F7AA1, YORYM-88C455 and LANCUM-6E1D53.
Class: Dragonesque
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 175
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 32.9 mm
Width: 21.2 mm
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 4.49 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st October 2018 - Monday 31st December 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Derby E8957
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Derbyshire (County)
District: North East Derbyshire (District)
To be known as: Killamarsh
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mackreth, D.F. | 2011 | Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain | Oxford | Oxbow Books | plate 129 |
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