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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-62AFED
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Incomplete copper alloy Roman Colchester Derivative Rearhook brooch of Mackreth's (2011) Type CDRH 1b. The pin mechanism and the catchplate are missing.
The head exhibits incomplete C-shaped wings which would have formed the spring case for the sprung pin mechanism. Projecting from the centre of the head is the stub of the rearhook. The wings are both decorated with a bead-and-reel design. The reverse of the wings exhibit iron corrosion product from the missing sprung pin mechanism. One patch retains traces of the coils from the spring. The bow arches back from the head and tapers to a worn break. It is decorated with a central longitudinal recess with a wavy ridge running down the centre. This is flanked on either side by a series of punched dots, now partially obscured by iron corrosion product. The remains of the catchplate project from the reverse of the bow.
A similar example is illustrated in Mackreth, D, 2011, Vol. II, p. 41, pl. 38, no.939.
Class:
Colchester-derivative (rearhook)
Sub class: Mackreth's (2011) Type CDRH 1b
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: 31.4 mm
Width: 15.9 mm
Thickness: 13.5 mm
Weight: 16.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 20th February 2017 - Monday 20th March 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 37492
Other reference: NMD032017
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Iron
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: South Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Framingham Earl (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TG2802
Four figure Latitude: 52.56801176
Four figure longitude: 1.36288188
1:25K map: TG2802
1:10K map: TG20SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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