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BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM-7A5485
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy brooch. Hinged Colchester derivative brooch, Mackreth type CD H 5. Completely plain tubular wings, clenched behind, retain an axis bar for a hinged pin [lost]. The wings are met by a D section bow with an upstanding longitudinal central ridge flanked by rounded mouldings; the relief features of the upper bow give out just before it meets the wings. The bow then tapers, though the lower bow and foot are lost. Suggested date: Early Roman, 50-100.
Length: 22.8mm, Width: 19.3mm, Thickness (crest of bow): 3.1mm, Weight: 3.93gms
Class:
Colchester Derivative
Sub class: Mackreth type CD H 5
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.8 mm
Width: 19.3 mm
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 3.93 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 14th November 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM34807
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: near Gainsborough
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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