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BROOCH
Unique ID: LIN-0DD534
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Class: Dolphin
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 60
Date to: Circa AD 120
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45 mm
Width: 30 mm
Thickness: 1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 2009
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: North Kesteven (District)
To be known as: Sleaford
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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