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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-4A5EDC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman brooch of the Colchester Derivative hinged Type, dating to c. AD 43-120. The head is cylindrical and it is formed by folding the wings edges around a copper-alloy axis-bar still in situ. The back face of the head has a central longitudinal slot from which the incomplete circular sectioned pin is hinged to the axis-bar. The front face of the head is decorated with a pair of parallel transverse grooves at the end of both wings. The surviving bow has a D-shaped cross-section and tapers towards the break; Its front face is decorated with a median longitudinal ridge and two parallel and oplique grooves at either end of the upper bow, where it joins the head. The brooch is covered with a greenish brown patina with abrasions and old breaks now worn.
Length: 25.02 mm
Width: 32.06 mm
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: 25.02 mm
Width: 32.06 mm
Thickness: 4.6 mm
Weight: 6.05 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 032
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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