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BROOCH

Unique ID: NARC-F0FD58

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A cast copper alloy Colchester Two-piece type brooch. 1st century AD. The pin and spring are missing. The wings are 11mm wide and a small spike and a rear-ward facing lug are present to hold the spring in place. The bow is circular in section and is 35mm long, from the top to the break. There is no catchplate.

Class: Colchester Two-piece

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 75

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 35 mm
Width: 11 mm
Weight: 2 g

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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: Northamptonshire (County)
District: South Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Potterspury (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP7346
Four figure Latitude: 52.107522
Four figure longitude: -0.935519
1:25K map: SP7346
1:10K map: SP74NW
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: Operations to a depth less than 0.25 m

References cited

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Recording Institution: NARC
Created: 12 years ago
Updated: 11 years ago

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