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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-6110E9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Lower part of the bow of a Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative brooch. There is a triangular aperture in the catchplate and a channel along the base of the flap, the latter feature indicating a Harlow type. The bow is of ovoid cross-section (2.4 x 2.1mm). Extant length 26.5mm. c.43 - c.80 AD.
Class: Colchester Derivative Harlow
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 80
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.5 mm
Width: 2.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 18th March 2014 - Tuesday 29th April 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 30059
Other reference: NMD042014
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Fincham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7106
Four figure Latitude: 52.62482744
Four figure longitude: 0.52490383
1:25K map: TF7106
1:10K map: TF70NW
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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