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BROOCH
Unique ID: BH-4ED345
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A corroded and incomplete copper-alloy Trumpet brooch dating to the mid to late first century AD. The brooch possesses a a characteristic trumpet head, which conceals a circular loop which would have held the pin in place. The head extends to a short, arched, circular-section bow. At the mid-bow point is an acanthus leaf moulding flanking a central disc. Beyond this, the leg is hemispherical in section and tapers to a point. Only a small portion of the catchplate survives. The brooch measures 44mm in length, 13mm in width and weighs 9g.
Class: Trumpet, Group Aii (Bayley and Butcher 2004) undecorated, the spring held on a single lug, but the waist-moulding flat at back.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 175
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 44 mm
Width: 13 mm
Weight: 9 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st March 2017
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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: Forest Heath (District)
Parish or ward: Brandon (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL7783
Four figure Latitude: 52.41635287
Four figure longitude: 0.6012136
1:25K map: TL7783
1:10K map: TL78SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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