Rights Holder: Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum
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Unique ID: WILT-FBB34A
Object type certainty: Certain
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A fragment of Roman copper alloy brooch, probably a colchester derivative type, dating to c. AD 50-150. The surviving fragment comprises of the foot and catchplate only. The foot is sub-circular in cross section and tapers slightly into an unelaborated foot with a central longitudinal ridge running down its front. From the reverse projects an integral, sub-triangular, unperforated catchplate, with pin rest curving to the right.
Dimensions: It is 36.74mm in length, 16.54mm in width (across the catchplate) and weighs 7.96g.
Class: colchester derivative
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 150
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.74 mm
Width: 16.54 mm
Weight: 7.96 g
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Other reference: SSWM 5368; finder's ref 1114
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
4 Figure: SU0544
Four figure Latitude: 51.19519836
Four figure longitude: -1.9298266
1:25K map: SU0544
1:10K map: SU04SE
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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