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BROOCH
Unique ID: SWYOR-B501D6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
An almost complete copper alloy dragonesque type brooch dating from AD 75 - 175. It is of Hunter type A4ai with head form B. The object is S-shaped in plan with a dragon-style head and foot. The head is a Hunter ( 2010, pg 97), form B, and has signs of breakage to the nose and the tips of the ears. The ears have a raised area at the front of the head. There is an enamelled large circular red eye with a green centre. There is a head/body join achieved by a large pellet between the chin and the chest.
The body is a Hunter (2010, page 97) type ai with a raised sinuous lozenge shape in the centre of the body decorated with a row of enamelled squares that have triangles at each end of the row. The central square is red, flanked by a square on each side of blue/green or faded to white. The triangular cells are red again. The tail has signs of breakage to the upper and lower extremities and is decorated with an enamelled red circle with a faded blue/white centre similar to the eye in construction.
The entire object has a smooth dark green patina. The rear is undecorated and is smooth. There is no sign of the pin. Length 42mm, width 15.9mm, thickness 3.4mm and weight 5g. The brooch has been treated with a wax coating.
Hunter (ibid) notes that enamelled types of Dragonesque brooch are markedly more popular on military and urban sites than they are on rural/native ones, and that Yorkshire is the undoubted home of the Draonesque brooch.
Class:
Dragonesque
Sub class: Hunter A4ai; head B
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 175
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42 mm
Width: 15.9 mm
Thickness: 3.4 mm
Weight: 5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 14th July 2019 - Sunday 14th July 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form 3447
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Zoomorphic
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
District: Doncaster (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Barnburgh (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE4804
Four figure Latitude: 53.53047325
Four figure longitude: -1.27733963
1:25K map: SE4804
1:10K map: SE40SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter, F. | 2010 | Changing Objects in Changing Worlds: dragonesque brooches and beaded torcs | London | BAR |
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