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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-5D17C3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy one piece bow brooch of La Tène III/Nauheim Derivative type, dating to the late Iron Age or early Roman period, c. 50 BC-50 AD. Only the pin is missing, the remainder of the brooch preserved intact. It posesses a sprung head made up of two coils, the truncated end of the spring/pin looping under these before truncating in an old break. The bow is flat in section and broadly triangular in plan, its borders decorated with incised lines which converge at its base. The foot is plain, its rear face flattened and curling back on itself to form the catchplate. Preserved in good condition with an even green patina, it measures 38.13mm in length, 8.03mm wide at the upper edge of the bow, 0.77mm thick at the midpoint of the bow. It weighs 2.03g.
A similar brooch is published by Mackreth (2011) see vol. II, p. 10, pl. 7, no. 4054.
Class: Nauheim derivative
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa 50 BC
Date to: Circa AD 50
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.31 mm
Width: 8.03 mm
Thickness: 0.77 mm
Weight: 2.03 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 11th July 2018
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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: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Wilby
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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