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BOW BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-A6EF17
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A cast copper-alloy bow brooch of Roman date. It is a Colchester derivative Polden Hill brooch with folded wing ends. The wings, spring and most of the bow are present, the rest is missing due to old breaks. Each wing is decorated with a diagonal line running from the top to the bottom edge. The ends are folded over and the spring is fitted between them. The spring has seven coils and the pin has broken off. The bow is oval in section and tapers towards the foot. It is decorated with a central rib marked with diagonal lines. It measures 32.49mm in length, 31.22mm in width at the wings, 8.18mm in width at the top of the bow, 4.46mm in thickness and weighs 11.05g.
It is similar to examples published from Hacheston (Blagg et al., 2004), no 77.
Class: Colchester-derivative Polden Hill (folded wings)
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: 32.49 mm
Width: 31.22 mm
Thickness: 4.46 mm
Weight: 11.05 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 10th September 2011
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finder's ref 139
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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