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BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM-A9E354
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Copper alloy brooch. Colchester derivative brooch of rear-hook type. Mackreth type, CD RH 2.c. Semi-circular wings bear deep grooved vertical decoration and are stained by ?rust from a separate spring [now lost], A rearward pointing hook rises from the crest of the bow and would have appeared to grasp the spring. The bow is D-sectioned and clasps the wings, with a probable longitudinal ridge; its sides are decorated by a series of deep diagonal slashes added by hand. The rearhook brooches are thought to be a product of the Iceni tribe up to the Boudiccan revolt of AD61, and thereafter mark a diaspora of craftsmen to locations including Castleford, West Yorkshire, where some may have been forcibly located. Suggested date: Early Roman, 50-61.
Length: 37.0mm, Width: 31.0mm, Thickness (crest of bow): 6.3mm, Weight: 11.31gms
Class:
Colchester Derivative
Sub class: Mackreth type CD RH 2.c
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 61
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 37 mm
Width: 31 mm
Thickness: 6.3 mm
Weight: 11.31 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 14th July 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM36883
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: West Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Scotter
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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