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BROOCH

Unique ID: SF-2FBC11

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A copper-alloy enamelled flat disc brooch, 19mm in diameter and 1.7mm in thickness. The pin is missing but the single lug and opposing catch plate survive. The front face is divided into two enamelled areas, there is an outer border with a recessed enamelled area with six evenly spaced circular knops within this, and an inner circular border, which would also have held enamel. Traces of a now black/ dark blue enamel can be seen within the outer area. This disc brooch is very similar to Hattatt nos 1029-1030 and 521A and is 2nd century in date (1989, p344, fig 203).

Class: plate
Sub class: enamelled disc

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 100
Date to: AD 250

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.7 mm
Weight: 2.74 g
Diameter: 19 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st July 2005

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Enamel
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Waveney (District)
To be known as: Lowestoft

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Built over

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Hattatt, R.	1989	Ancient Brooches and Other Artefacts: A fourth selection of brooches together with some other antiquities from the author	Oxford	Oxbow Books	p344, fig 203

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Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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