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BROOCH

Unique ID: SF5798

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Tiny gilded silver annular brooch, only 13 mm in diameter. Circular and basically D-shaped in section, it has ten small bosses evenly set around the circumference, each stamped with a rosette made up of six pellets around a central pellet. Between two of the bosses is a pin constriction, but the pin is now missing. Flat undecorated reverse.

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Chronology

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Date from: AD 1066
Date to: AD 1540

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.44 g
Diameter: 13 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st April 2001

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver

Surface Treatment: Gilded

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Babergh (District)
To be known as: SUFFOLK SHIMPLING

Spatial coordinates

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

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Recording Institution: SF
Created: 22 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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