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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-A5A568
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete Roman white-metal coated copper alloy Colchester Derivative Rearhook brooch, with the pin and spring missing. The wings are decorated with bead and reel mouldings and the bow with three ribs down the front and a rib down both edges. Much of the bead ornament has been lost through wear, and the coating survives mostly in low, protected areas. Mackreth 2011, CD RH 1.a. Weight 9.9g. Wingspan 22.6mm. Length 36.5mm. AD c.43 - c.65.
Class:
Colchester Derivative Rearhook
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, CD RH 1.a
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 75
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.5 mm
Width: 22.6 mm
Weight: 9.9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st April 2021 - Friday 1st October 2021
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 65302
Other reference: SBJB102021
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Gayton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7419
Four figure Latitude: 52.74062269
Four figure longitude: 0.57604111
1:25K map: TF7419
1:10K map: TF71NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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