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BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM-AB624E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy brooch. Colchester derivative rear hook fastening, Mackreth type CD RH 5?a. Plain wings formerly retained a spring of at least eight coils which has left imprints at the head. The stub of a hook to clasp the spring remains between the worn relicts of a pair of billeted longitudinal ridges. The D section bow tapers towards a plain foot and the stub of a probably unpierced catch plate. The bow is abraded and the ends of the wings damaged. This type of brooch may be associated with a diaspora of the Iceni tribe after the suppression of the Boudiccan revolt. Suggested date: Early Roman, 75-125.
Length: 40.5mm, Width: 25.0mm, Thickness (crest of bow): 6.1mm, Weight: 10.30gms.
Class:
Colchester Derivative Rear Hook
Sub class: Mackreth type CD RH 5?a
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 125
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 40.5 mm
Width: 25 mm
Thickness: 6.1 mm
Weight: 10.3 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 4th October 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM26267a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Bigby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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