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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-52758E
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy Roman hinged Colchester derivative brooch. The head is cylindrical in shape with a transverse slot in the centre of the reverse where the corroded and bent remains of a hinged copper alloy pin remain in situ. The outer face of each wing is decorated with three transverse grooves. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section, only slightly humped in profile and tapers slightly towards an abrupt fresh break. The outer face of the bow is decorated with three longitudinal, parallel grooves. The surface of the metal is fairly corroded.
Colchester derivative brooches with this style of pin fitting were in use from around the time of the Conquest until the early decades of the 2nd century AD.
Length: 16.00mm, width of head: 25.05mm, thickness of head: 4.32mm, width of bow: 5.76mm, thickness of bow: 4.02mm, weight: 3.44g
Notes:
This find is from a larger research project please contact Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service for more information.
Class:
Colchester derivative
Sub class: Hinged
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 120
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16 mm
Width: 25.05 mm
Thickness: 4.32 mm
Weight: 3.44 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 16th June 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: RLM 038
Other reference: NH16-239
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Near Woodbridge
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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