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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-2C3E89
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Roman copper alloy reversed fantail brooch, broken rearward hook, spring missing, two oblique lines on wings, bow has an engraved saltire, transverse lower rib with arris above the foot with twin oblique lines forming chevron on flanking projections at upper part of leg, one of two terminal lobes survives, foot tapers to grooved button foot, broken catch-plate on flat reverse. Length 30mm. Width 21mm. Cf. Hattatt no.812 and Mackreth 2011, Plate 29, no.12394, 'Aesica Rearhook, 2.c'. Mid 1st century AD.
Class: Mackreth 2011, Aesica Rearhook, 2.c
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 75
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 21 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 10th June 2014 - Wednesday 10th September 2014
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 60173
Other reference: AMD092014
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Brockdish (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM2079
Four figure Latitude: 52.36486371
Four figure longitude: 1.22988412
1:25K map: TM2079
1:10K map: TM27NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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