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PLATE BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-F7EE94
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Roman gilt copper alloy oval Glass Centre-boss plate brooch, spring, pin and centre-boss missing. Gilding is confined to the front while the reverse is tin-coated. The front face of the flange around the setting is decorated with closely spaced short radial punched impressions. Cf. Hattatt 2000, 364, fig. 223, 172, 641 and 1210. Mackreth's (2011, 161) Plate type 3.b1, cf. plate 107 no. 10863. 27.5 x 21mm. 2nd - 3rd century.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 300
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.5 mm
Width: 21 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 12th November 2012 - Monday 12th November 2012
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 56913
Other reference: KLMD112012
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Glass
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Sporle with Palgrave (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF8211
Four figure Latitude: 52.666154
Four figure longitude: 0.689983
1:25K map: TF8211
1:10K map: TF81SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hattatt, R. | 2000 | A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches | Oxford | Oxbow Books | 364 | 172, 610 and 1210 | |
| Mackreth, D.F. | 2011 | Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain | Oxford | Oxbow Books | 161 | plate 107 no. 10863 |
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