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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-6F673C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete and abraded Roman copper alloy Léontomorphe brooch with the pin, parts of the spring case, the lower part of the bow and all of the catchplate missing. Above the old break across the bow there is a shallow and broad moulded groove. Mackreth 2011, LEO 5d. Extant length and width 15.3 and 12.4mm. AD c.43 - c.60.
Sub class: Mackreth LEO 5.d
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 60
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 15.3 mm
Width: 12.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 22nd October 2021 - Tuesday 21st December 2021
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 3182
Other reference: SB11012022
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Gunthorpe (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0037
Four figure Latitude: 52.89323259
Four figure longitude: 0.97166606
1:25K map: TG0037
1:10K map: TG03NW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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