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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-0E4D22
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative Rearhook brooch, spring, pin, rearhook and part of the catchplate missing. On both wings there is a pair of oblique grooves with knurling between them. The round-sectioned bow is decorated with a knurled median rib, and a knurled rib is wrapped around the sides and underside of the bow at its junction with the wings. Mackreth 2011, 65, CD RH 4.c. Length 38.3mm. Wingspan 33.8mm. c.43 - c.65 AD.
Class:
Colchester Derivative Rearhook
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, 65, CD RH 4.c.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 65
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.3 mm
Width: 33.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 18th March 2014 - Tuesday 29th April 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 25044
Other reference: NMD042014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Barton Bendish (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7201
Four figure Latitude: 52.57960712
Four figure longitude: 0.5370648
1:25K map: TF7201
1:10K map: TF70SW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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