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BROOCH
Unique ID: ESS-5CC7D1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete Roman copper alloy brooch, dating AD 150-17. The bow, catchplate and head remain, though the pin and spring are missing. There is a pronounced ridge running down the centre of the bow, starting from a rounded loop at the head of the brooch. The head has wings wither side, covered in a ribbed decoration on the outer surface. The catchplate has a triangular perforation through the centre. The metal has a mid-light green patina.
A similar example is published in Hattatt (1985, no. 258).
Dimensions: length: 33.94 mm; width: 20.58 mm; thickness: 12.23 mm; weight: 5.02g.
Class:
Colchester derivative Harlow, two pins piercing head
Sub class: Mackreth (2011), CD Ha, 1.a3a. Plate 31
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 170
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.94 mm
Width: 20.58 mm
Thickness: 12.23 mm
Weight: 5.02 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Chelmsford (District)
Parish or ward: Good Easter (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL6112
Four figure Latitude: 51.78350104
Four figure longitude: 0.33264794
1:25K map: TL6112
1:10K map: TL61SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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