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BROOCH

Unique ID: BUC-AD782E

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

An incomplete copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative brooch missing its pin, dating to the 1st century AD. The wings are C shaped in cross section, and span 13.4mm. The wings are very worn, one is broken just after the bow. Underneath the wings the spring would have sat, this in now missing. The bow rises up from the wings, before descending in a curve. The bow is sub triangular in cross section and flat on the reverse, with a raised ridge running down the centre of the bow. There is a worn break in the bow, and the catch plate and foot are now missing. The brooch has a mid green patina and is very worn, it measures 18.5mm in length, 4.5mm in width, 2.8mm in thickness an weighs 2.22g.

A similar brooch is possibly Hattatt 2000, page 298, Figure 157 number 358, and Mackreth 2011 volume 2, page 38, number 1493.

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 100

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 18.5 mm
Width: 4.5 mm
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 2.22 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 14th May 2019

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: AYBCM 4982

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
Parish or ward: Slapton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP9219
Four figure Latitude: 51.86200862
Four figure longitude: -0.66539967
1:25K map: SP9219
1:10K map: SP91NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: Date find submitted for recording
General landuse: Cultivated land

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	page 298	Figure 157 number 358
Mackreth, D.F.	2011	Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain	Oxford	Oxbow Books	page 38	number 1493

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Created: 4 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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