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BROOCH
Unique ID: DUR-E4B0F6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A copper alloy two piece Colchester type brooch dating to the period AD 43 to 75.
The object has a sub-rectangular head and is semi-circular in profile with closed ends to hold the spring mechanism which is no longer present. There are some faint incised lines on the wings of the head. On a crest on the top of the bow is the remains of hook which would have helped to keep the spring in place. The bow extends from the head and tapers to a point with no evidence for a footknob. There are some vertical grooves on the bow. The catchplate is missing.
Bayley and Butcher (2004: 82-89, 155-157) list similar examples from Richborough and suggest an early 1st century AD date for brooches of this type.
Class: Colchester Two Piece
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: 37 mm
Width: 24 mm
Weight: 7.9 g
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Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
Parish or ward: Revesby (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF3163
Four figure Latitude: 53.1480404
Four figure longitude: -0.04269165
1:25K map: TF3163
1:10K map: TF36SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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