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Record ID: WILT-26B0CC
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy Roman T-shape brooch dating to the period AD 50-150. Half of the pin, the lower part of the bow and the catchplate are missing. The brooch measures 23.98mm in length, 23.10mm in wingspan, 1.85mm in thick and weighs 4.03g.
The head is composed by two tubular wings divided by a central pin slot. Both the pin and the axis bar are still in place but the first one is old broken just under the head. From the upper part of the wings extends the bow, creating a 90 degrees angle with the head. On the top of the bow was a single loop, now broken. The external surfa…
Created on: Monday 3rd October 2016
Last updated: Monday 3rd October 2016
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Record ID: DENO-8F4358
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
This report concerns a silver penny of Edward the Confessor, which has been gilded and mounted as a brooch or badge. It was found in isolation around 5" below the surface. The penny is of the Hammered Cross type of Edward the Confessor (AD 1042-66), minted c. 1060, and issued by the moneyer Thor of York. The coins has been gilded on the reverse, to display the cross design, and has been pierced in four places to allow a pin fitting and catch-plate to be riveted to the obverse. Traces of copper alloy rivets remain, although almost nothing of the actual fastenings survive. Brooches or b…
Created on: Friday 4th June 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd January 2019
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This findspot is known as 'Unstone', grid reference and parish protected.
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