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PLATE BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-42744F
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete Roman plate brooch with domed boss and enamelled decoration, Mackreth 2011, British Plate type 3.a, with the hinged pin, one half of the pin lug, part of the pierced lobe in front of the catchplate and both lateral lobes missing. A jagged hole in the domed boss is ancient damage. Around a blind hole in the centre of the boss are two circles of fourteen triangular cells inlaid with alternately red enamel and blue glass. Cf. Mackreth 2011, pl. 108, no. 11577 and Hattatt 2000, fig. 209, no. 128. Extant length 30mm.Height of dome 4.8mm. 2nd century.
Class: British Plate Bitish Plate 3.a
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 200
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Height: 4.8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 11th February 2014 - Monday 8th December 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 11816
Other reference: KLMD122014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Congham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7222
Four figure Latitude: 52.76820403
Four figure longitude: 0.54801937
1:25K map: TF7222
1:10K map: TF72SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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