SF-8808D4: Roman Colchester Derivative Bow Brooch

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BOW BROOCH

Unique ID: SF-8808D4

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Copper alloy brooch fragment, Colchester derivative type with double pierced lug spring attachment. Upper half only, with incomplete spring, damage to one wing and worn and corroded surfaces. The surviving half of the spring has four turns. No decoration survives on the wings. The bow is flat backed with convex sides and no surviving decoration on the central rib. Width 21mm, surviving length 21mm

Class: Colchester derivative (double lug); Colchester B

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 80

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 21 mm
Width: 21 mm
Weight: 5.73 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 2006

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Finders ref: PS5.6.86

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Babergh (District)
To be known as: Little Cornard, Suffolk

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: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Created: 15 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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