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BROOCH
Unique ID: KENT-FAF3E0
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete tinned copper alloy Roman brooch of Hod Hill type dating to 1st Century AD.
The bow has a lozengiform plate topped with a moulded ridge. The plates is decorated with a central longitudal moulded ridge down the central axis, flanked by a pair of sub rectangular moulded ribs, thinner at the top and flaring to the bow. The plate is flanked by a pair of slightly convex lateral knops with three moulded collars to the head. The bow is decorated with another transverse moulded ridge terminating in a pedestal foot knop, the reverse of which has the remains of the catchplate. White metal remains on the foot. Similar examples can be found in Hattatt (2000, p. 322, Fig 181, no:848). Other examples on the database include SUR-E9B073; and NLM-E97E58
Measurements: Length: 30.84mm; Width: 27.50mm; Weight: 5.96g.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 40
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.84 mm
Width: 27.5 mm
Weight: 5.96 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: White metal
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Kent (County)
District: Dover (District)
Parish or ward: Preston (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TR2459
Four figure Latitude: 51.28606528
Four figure longitude: 1.21094365
1:25K map: TR2459
1:10K map: TR25NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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 322 | No: 848 |
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