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BROOCH
Unique ID: BH-F2A052
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy Colchester derivative (two-piece) brooch of 1st century date.
The wings are set below the top of the bow and consist of a horizontally-aligned half-cylinder, the underside facing slightly upwards. At the centre of the underside of the wings is a double pierced lug, the lower one of which would have held in place the axis bar, the upper (damaged) one, the external chord. No trace of the spring or pin remains. Only a small portion of the bow survives. It is of semi-circular section, has a decorative vertical groove at the centre of the upper surface and decreases in width and thickness towards the bottom.
The surfaces of the brooch are slightly corroded. It measures 12.9mm long, 16.5mm wide and weighs 2.15g.
Class: Colchester derivative
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 12.9 mm
Width: 16.5 mm
Weight: 2.15 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 10th November 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 10/144 - 5
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hertfordshire (County)
District: East Hertfordshire (District)
To be known as: Braughing
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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