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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-0242D9
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of Roman tin-coated copper alloy brooch, probably a Colchester Derivative Rearhook or wing-and-fanbow, Mackreth 2011, CD RH 7.b, an incomplete fantail with most of the curving base present with the catchplate surviving as a stump on the reverse. Decoration comprises a single, plain, median rib. Extant length 19.1mm. Estimated width 28mm. c.43 - c.65.
Class: Mackreth 2011, CD RH 7.b
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: Exactly AD 65
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 19.1 mm
Width: 28 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 19th September 2015 - Monday 14th December 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 60348
Other reference: SB022016
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: East Walton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF7516
Four figure Latitude: 52.71335905
Four figure longitude: 0.58924055
1:25K map: TF7516
1:10K map: TF71NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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