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BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM-867FF2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Copper alloy brooch. Cast Colchester derivative, rearhook brooch, Mackreth 2011, chapter 3, part 2, group 3c. Semi-tubular wings formerly retained a spring, pale material on their inner surface may indicate the former presence of a solder fixative to help secure the spring [lost]. The wings bear a single rib moulding at either end and a diagonal moulding across the display face. They are clasped by a D-section bow with a central longitudinal rib which becomes billeted beyond the crest of the bow, and which may be the remnant of a rearward-facing hook. The bow tapers to a plain foot with an unpierced and folded catch plate behind it. A patch of grey corrosion and a break towards the lower end of the bow appear to represent recent damage. The rearhook form is associated with the Iceni tribe of East Anglia, and its appearance is thought to represent the presence or passage of a member of that tribe. Before AD 61 this might have been as a casual traveller; thereafter, more likely a person caught up with a diaspora following the suppression of the Boudiccan revolt. Iceni craftsmen are thought to have relocated to Castleford, West Yorkshire, among other places. Suggested date: Early Roman, 50-75.
Length: 45.0mm, Width: 29.8mm, Thickness (crest of bow): 8.1mm, Weight: 14.67gms
Class:
Colchester derivative, rearhook
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, chapter 3, part 2, group 3c
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 75
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 45 mm
Width: 29.8 mm
Thickness: 8.1 mm
Weight: 14.67 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 16th January 2018
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM38479
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 Market Rasen
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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