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BOW BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-A6D047
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A cast copper-alloy bow brooch of Roman date. It is Colchester derivative hinged brooch, the wings and part of the bow are present, the rest is missing due to old breaks. The wings are solid and have a groove between them where the missing pin would have been. They are decorated with two circumferential lines either side of the joint with the bow. The bow is oval in section and is triangular in shape where it joins the wings. Only a small part of it remains and it is not possible to ascertain whether there is any decoration on the bow. It measures 20.33mm in length, 54.04mm in width at the wings, 11.53mm in width at the top of the bow, 6.68mm in thickness and weighs 20.35g.
Class: Colchester Derivative Hinged
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 1
Date to: Circa AD 120
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 20.33 mm
Width: 54.04 mm
Thickness: 6.68 mm
Weight: 20.35 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 3rd October 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finder's ref 133
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: SUFFOLK COASTAL
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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