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LEIC-0FC346: Roman colchester type bow brooch

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BROOCH

Unique ID: LEIC-0FC346

Object type certainty: Possibly
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Early Roman copper alloy colchester type bow brooch, 40mm long, 4mm wide and thick and weighing 5.16grams. The brooch consists of very short rectangular wings whhich are missing the spring. It has a semi-circular sectioned long, gently curving bow which tapers to a point and whose base houses the remains of an openwork catchplate.

Class: Colchester

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 100

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 40 mm
Width: 4 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 5.16 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Incomplete

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Spatial metadata


County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: East Northamptonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Islip (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SP9878
Four figure Latitude: 52.39126253
Four figure longitude: -0.56132065
1:25K map: SP9878
1:10K map: SP97NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

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Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 8 years ago
Updated: About one year ago

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