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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-175B5F
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete Roman copper alloy Headstud brooch with the rear part and ends of the head, hinged pin, axis bar, most of the catchplate and the foot missing. Beneath the integral chain-loop the remains of the head carry vertical grooves. The headstud consists of an annular cell of now discoloured enamel. The D-sectioned bow is decorated with a median rib between grooves. Extant length 42mm, extant width 13.2mm. 2nd century.
Class: Headstud
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
Length: 18.1 mm
Width: 19.4 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 14th May 2013 - Friday 17th July 2015
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 3980
Other reference: IND27072015AR
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: North Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Wighton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF9438
Four figure Latitude: 52.90440692
Four figure longitude: 0.88319407
1:25K map: TF9438
1:10K map: TF93NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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