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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-6ADD64
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative brooch of Mackreth's (2011) Type CD H. dating to the period c. AD 90 - 150. The pin, the foot and the catchplate are missing.
The head exhibits rolled cylindrical wings. There is a seam along the reverse of each wing. The wings house the iron axis bar for the hinged pin mechansim. There is a recessed pin slot in the centre of the head. The wings exhibit traces of a bead-and-reel design, with a diagonal moulding on either side of the bow at the junction with the head. The bow arches back from the head and is beaded. The bow terminates in a worn break.
Class: Mackreth (2011) Type CD H
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 90
Date to: Circa AD 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 22.5 mm
Width: 16.1 mm
Thickness: 6.6 mm
Weight: 4.1 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 4th January 2017 - Wednesday 1st February 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 28793
Other reference: ENMD022017
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Broome (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TM3493
Four figure Latitude: 52.48470416
Four figure longitude: 1.44491288
1:25K map: TM3493
1:10K map: TM39SW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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