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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-4B0FA6
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman brooch of the Headstud Type, dating to c. AD 75-250. It consists of a head with wings containing the copper-alloy axis-bar to which a fragmentary pin is still hinged. The front face of the wings, partially preserved, are decorated with stepped transverse grooves where the bow joins the head. On the upper edge of the head there are remains of the chain loop. The bow is irregurarly curved in profile ending in a foot-knob, and it has a sub-rectangular cross section. The front face of the bow has an upper part which is flat and precedes the circular domed stud; after that, the bow has a sequence of ten transverse pointed-oval cells, some of which still house pale greenish enamel. The stud seems to be decorated with cells filled with the same enamel. The back face of the bow has traces of the integral catch -plate. The surface of the brooch is dotted and abraded.
Length: 45.38 mm
Width: 13.64 mm
Class: Headstud
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: 45.38 mm
Width: 13.64 mm
Thickness: 2.8 mm
Weight: 6.33 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 17th June 2016
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: RLM 081
Other reference: Finders reference SS15 223
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Surface Treatment: Inlaid with enamel
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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