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BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM-F1117D
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy and iron brooch. Colchester brooch, Mackreth type C2b. A six coil spring with chord on an iron axis bar and a pin now bent forward is retained by a forward facing hook of length c.8mm against short flat plain wings. A plain oval section bow tapers towards an apparently plain foot with the stub of a pierced catch plate, probably with a square hole or holes. Suggested date: Late Iron Age, AD 20-60.
Length: 47.1mm, Width: 17.6mm, Thickness (crest of bow): 3.1mm, Weight: 8.22gms.
Class:
Colchester
Sub class: Mackreth type C2b
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 20
Date to: Circa AD 60
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47.1 mm
Width: 17.6 mm
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 8.22 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 17th August 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM27124a
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Rudston
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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