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BROOCH
Unique ID: WILT-2A443A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A copper-alloy Colchester one-piece Late Iron Age to early Roman brooch dating to AD 25-60. The length of the brooch measures 48.83mm and at the widest point measures 14.94mm. it weighs 5.46g.
The pin the catchplate of the brooch are missing. At the top of the brooch both undecorated wings remain. The bow extends from the wings and is undecorated. The spring is complete, the pin itself is missing.
Cf Hattatt (1989) A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches p296 no 14.
Class: Colchester (one-piece)
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Date from: Circa AD 25
Date to: Circa AD 60
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 48.83 mm
Width: 14.94 mm
Thickness: 13.76 mm
Weight: 7.21 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SSWM 4251
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
To be known as: Broughton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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