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SUSS-B7C173: Roman : Brooch (front)

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BROOCH

Unique ID: SUSS-B7C173

Object type certainty: Certain
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A Late Iron Age to Early Roman Colchester type, one-piece brooch, from the 1st century AD. The brooch has been cast in copper alloy. The remaining part of the brooch consists of a complete bow, with incomplete wings and spring mechanism. The bow is short and tapers slightly, with a raised ridge running down its spine. The catch plate is complete apart from the return (break worn). The wings survive partially. The left one is better preserved. It is engraved with short lines mirroring the turns of the coil. The right is more abraded. The spring mechanism survives on the left wing but not the right and is made of four turns. The external chord is no longer present. The head loop is still intact. The metal surface of the object is worn. The metal has a light greyish-green colour. This brooch is similar to examples in Hattatt, 2000, pp296, Fig. 155.

Class: Colchester

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 25
Date to: Circa AD 60

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 30.07 mm
Width: 15.28 mm
Thickness: 1.12 mm
Weight: 2.38 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 5th December 2005

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Wealden (District)
To be known as: Willington and Jevington

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

Author Publication Year Title Publication Place Publisher Pages Reference
Hattatt, R. 2000 A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches Oxford Oxbow Books 296 155

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SUSS
Created: 18 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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