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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-DF65FB
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy late Iron Age to early Roman brooch of the Colchester Type, dating to c. AD 20-60. The head of the brooch has two short wings and the forward facing hook pinched on the top of the upper bow; it survives half of the integral spring coils and part of the chord passing through the loop created by the forementioned hook. The bow is D-shaped in cross-section and quite straight in profile. It tapers towards a sharp tip. On the back face of the foot there are traces of the integral catch-plate. The surface is very dotted and abraded.
Length: 50.58 mm
Width: 12.62 mm
Thickness of the bow: 3.42 mm
Weight: 4.93 g
Class: Colchester
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 20
Date to: Circa AD 60
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 50.58 mm
Width: 12.62 mm
Thickness: 3.42 mm
Weight: 4.93 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 17th June 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: RLM 080
Other reference: Finders reference SS15 078
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: Rendlesham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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