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BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM177
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Cast copper alloy brooch of the 'Fly' variant of Trumpet brooch. How in the form of two wings inlaid with panels of red champleve enamel. Ball shaped terminal. Expanded trumpet head, pin fitting uncertain but a coiled spring was probably employed. Length 29.8mm, Width 11.7mm, Mass 20.5g.
Notes:
Checked following Sophie Catley. Dating completed (unamended). Drawing ref. amended from NLPS 0195 to NLPS0195 following prevailing convention.
Class:
Trumpet headed
Sub class: Fly
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 100
Date to: AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.8 mm
Width: 11.7 mm
Weight: 2.05 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 22nd October 1997
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLPS0195
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: WEST LINDSEY
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hattatt, R. | 1982 | Ancient and Romano-British brooches | Sherborne | Dorset Publishing | 329, no.975 |
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