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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-CBC85A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy brooch of Colchester derivative, Harlow, double-lugged type dating to the Roman period, c. AD 43-100. Only the head and upper bow survive, the pin, lower bow and foot missing in old breaks. The head demonstrates plain semi-spherically sectioned wings, a perforated double-lug projecting from its midpoint on the rear face of the object. Part of the spring and axis bar remains threaded through these. The bow is 'D' shaped in section and demonstrates a prominent longitudinal crest extending down its midpoint until the bow truncates about a third of the way down its original length in an old break. Preserved in rather poor condition with an uneven greenish patina, it survives to a length of 16.99mm, 17.46mm wide at its head, 3.01mm thick at the truncated end of the bow, and weighs 2.84g.
Similar brooches are published by Mackreth (2011) see vol. II, p. 36, pl. 33, no. 9592, for a close example.
Class:
Colchester derivative, Harlow, double-lugged
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, CD Ha 2.c
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 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 16.99 mm
Width: 17.46 mm
Thickness: 3.01 mm
Weight: 2.84 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 27th August 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Brockley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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