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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-FE1525
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete and abraded Roman copper alloy Colchester Derivative Rearhook brooch with the pin, the spring and the lower end of the bow and most of the catchplate missing. The decoration on the wings is worn. A knurled median rib on the D-sectioned bow is flanked by a pair of grooves. Wingspan 18.3mm. Extant length 31.8mm. c.43 - c.65.
Class: Colchester Derivative Rearhook
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 65
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.8 mm
Width: 18.3 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 14th July 2016 - Wednesday 14th September 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 53073
Other reference: AMD092016
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Incised or engraved or chased
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: Broadland (District)
Parish or ward: Guestwick (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG0627
Four figure Latitude: 52.80120357
Four figure longitude: 1.05441108
1:25K map: TG0627
1:10K map: TG02NE
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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