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PLATE BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-E4594D
Object type certainty: Certain
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Incomplete Roman copper alloy plate brooch with a domed boss and hinged pin. Part of a pierced lug or loop above the pin lug, one side lug, the catchplate, the adjoining part of the dome and the lug missing. Mackreth 2011, British, Plate 6a, as pl. 108, no. 11577. The dome is adorned with two concentric rings of triangular cells inlaid with alternating blue and yellow enamel. Diameter (excluding lugs) 21.6mm. 2nd century
Field L7
Class: Mackreth 2011, British, Plate 6a
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
Diameter: 21.6 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st October 2015 - Saturday 31st October 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 17272
Other reference: SET102015
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Breckland (District)
Parish or ward: Roudham and Larling (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL9888
Four figure Latitude: 52.45405393
Four figure longitude: 0.91255207
1:25K map: TL9888
1:10K map: TL98NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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