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BROOCH
Unique ID: SUR-BEFBCC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Roman bow brooch of Colchester type dating to cAD50-100. What survives is the upper part of the brooch together with the side wings.
Class: Colchester
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.56 mm
Width: 27.33 mm
Weight: 6.31 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 14-1408
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Surrey (County)
District: Reigate and Banstead (District)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TQ2857
Four figure Latitude: 51.29774631
Four figure longitude: -0.16544339
1:25K map: TQ2857
1:10K map: TQ25NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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