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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF4818
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Silver annular brooch. The frame is circular, 22 mm in diameter, and circular in section, nearly 2 mm in diameter. There is no decoration on the frame and it is fractured at one point. The pin is also silver, and oval in section. The loop has been made by splitting the end of the pin in half down the middle and bending both halves around the frame. One half has been cut off short so that they overlap on one face but not the other. On the overlapping half, halfway down the pin is a tiny flattened area with 5 transverse ribs. This could be decoration, but is so small and insignificant (and on the 'wrong' side) that it could also be just the chance result of something being accidentally pressed onto the warm silver. To be disclaimed under the Treasure Act.
Class: annular
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1200
Date to: AD 1500
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 1.89 g
Diameter: 22 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st September 2000
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK ORFORD
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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