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PLATE BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-50E42B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete and rather worn Roman copper alloy circular plate brooch, gilt on the front face and tin-coated on the reverse. Mackreth 2011, British Plate 3.b3. A central cell has lost its glass "gem". There appears to be a plain ring around the cell, though any stamped impressions may have been obliterated. This in turn is surrounded by a peripheral ring of punched impressions that appear to be simple rectangles set radially (ibid. fig. 2.16). On the reverse there is a single pin lug with an incomplete catchplate. Diameter 37.1mm. Mid 2nd - mid 3rd century.
Class: Mackreth 2011, British Plate 3.b3
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 150
Date to: Circa AD 250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 37.1 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 20th December 2014 - Wednesday 17th June 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 59834
Other reference: ECKW072015
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Multiple
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Rocklands (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL9895
Four figure Latitude: 52.51690211
Four figure longitude: 0.91670922
1:25K map: TL9895
1:10K map: TL99NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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