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BROOCH

Unique ID: NMS-4629F7

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Roman copper alloy circular discplate brooch with the stumps of a catchplate and a double pin lug on the reverse. The spring and pin are missing, along with the enamel which would have been "inset into the plate showing through an encrustation of decorated white metal repoussé sheet" (Mackreth 2011, 156). The reserved concentric decoration consists of an inner thick and outer thin ring separated by a circle of pellets, and a circumferential frame which is scalloped internally. This arrangement is very similar to an example from Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk in 1994 (HER 30205; ibid. plate 106, no. 13234). The find spots lie c.6km apart. Diameter 32.8mm. Thickness excluding pin fixings 1.6mm. 2nd century

Class: disc
Sub class: Mackreth 2011,, Chapter 7, Part 1, British, Plate 2.g3

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 100
Date to: Circa AD 200

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.6 mm
Diameter: 32.8 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 1981 - Thursday 31st December 1981

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Other reference numbers

SMR reference number: 60447
Other reference: MS042015

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Long Stratton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TM1991
Four figure Latitude: 52.47297414
Four figure longitude: 1.22307312
1:25K map: TM1991
1:10K map: TM19SE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: within footing trench on building site

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Recording Institution: NMS
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: 5 years ago

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