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Unique ID: WAW-2C9F36
Object type certainty: Certain
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Roman (AD c. 75 to 200) Colchester two-piece brooch, unknown type; The item is the lower portion of a bow. The outer face is decorated with a column of lozenge cells borders by triangular cells. There is traces of a light blue enamel in the lower cells. The bow foot is bulbous and out turned. On the reverse there is a trace of a catchplate. The upper terminal is broken, but not recently. The surface of the brooch has an incomplete mid green patina, otherwise it is abraded.
The fragment measures 27.84mm long, 7.15mm wide and weighs 2.46g.
The brooch is a type of fibula, probably dating to the late 1st to 2nd centuries.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 200
Quantity: 1
Length: 27.84 mm
Width: 7.15 mm
Weight: 2.46 g
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 31st December 2015 - Sunday 3rd April 2016
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
4 Figure: SP2614
Four figure Latitude: 51.82402102
Four figure longitude: -1.62416217
1:25K map: SP2614
1:10K map: SP21SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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