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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-9325B6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Roman Colchester derivative Polden Hill bow brooch with folded wings. It is missing the pin, foot and catchplate due to old breaks. The wings are semi-cylindrical in form, folded at their ends to give them a cylindrical form that encases and holds in place the separately cast axis bar. On the front face of the wings is incised decoration comprising single vertical grooves at the outer edges and a single diagonal groove running from outer edge towards the centre of the brooch. The spring has three surviving coils and the remains of the pin, all held in place by a projecting, integrally cast rear-facing hook. Beneath the rear hook extends the bow, which is oval shaped in form and terminates in old breaks above the foot. It is decorated on the front face with three vertical grooves. The entire object has a dark brown patina with some pitting and corrosion. It measures 27.45mm in length, 21.74mm in width at wings, 7.67mm in width a bow, 3.82mm in thickness at bow, and 8.16g in weight.
This is an incomplete Roman Colchester derivative Polden Hill bow brooch with a near identical parallel published from Hacheston (Blagg et al., 2002: no. 80). It is of 1st century AD date, c.43-70 AD.
Class: Colchester-derivative Polden Hill (folded wings, Eastern Group)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 70
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.45 mm
Width: 21.74 mm
Thickness: 3.82 mm
Weight: 8.16 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 21st November 2010
Rally details.
This object was found at Marsh Farm, Sudbourne, Suffolk, November 2010
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: SUE 002
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Sudbourne
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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