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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-AA4B76
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper-alloy Iron Age to Roman brooch of the Nauheim Derivative/ La Tene III Type, dating to 10 BC- AD 100. The brooch is made of a single strip of metal, which varies its cross-section according to its different parts. The head is formed of a coiled spring with four turns and an internal chord; the central coil extends downwards tapering in a circular cross-section pin. The bow has a sub-rectangular cross -section and bends at right angle with the head; it curves gently and tapers towards the end. The front face of the bow has a pair of transverse grooves marking its top; the back face of the foot has a triangular solid catch plate, which has a forward curled rear edge. The spring coils and the pin are moderately bent but the overall state of conservation is fairly good; all the surfaces still retain the original golden appereance.
Cf Mackreth (2011, Vol. 2, p. 13, pl. 10, no. 4230).
Length: 48.84mm
Width of the head: 11.93mm
Thickness of the bow: 1.76mm
Weight: 3.47g
Class:
Nauheim Derivative/ La Tene III
Sub class: Mackreth late La T 4.c
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa 10 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48.84 mm
Width: 11.93 mm
Thickness: 1.76 mm
Weight: 3.47 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 2nd December 2019
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Ashbocking
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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