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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-CA9639
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Aucissa brooch in corroded and abraded condition, rolled head, transverse grooved mouldings on the head and at the top of the foot. The bow tapers downwards and is of flattish D-section with central ribbed moulding between broad flanking grooves. Foot with fully-round foot knob and catchplate on reverse. Length 55mm. Width of head 13mm. Width at junction of bow and foot 7mm. The Aucissa does not commonly occur in East Anglia (Mackreth 2011, 133). Mid 1st century.
Class: Aucissa brooch
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: 55 mm
Width: 13 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 16th November 2015 - Tuesday 5th January 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 13561
Other reference: NMD012016
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Morley (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM0798
Four figure Latitude: 52.54049284
Four figure longitude: 1.0510194
1:25K map: TM0798
1:10K map: TM09NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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