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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-5C021A
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a copper-alloy Roman brooch of the Headstud Type, dating to AD 75-250. It is the head and the upper part of the bow of the brooch. The head consists of two cylindrical wings, which still house the copper-alloy bar; the central slot on the back face retains a fragment of the hinged pin-loop. The top of the head has fragments of the chain loop. The bow has a sub-rectangular cross-section and bears a stud on the front face; the stud is heavily worn. The back face of the bow is slightly concave.
Cf Mackreth (2011, p. 78, plate 75, no. 7445)
Length: 13.69 mm
Width: 14.33 mm
Thickness of the bow: 3.88 mm
Weight: 2.24 g
Class: Headstud Type
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 75
Date to: Circa AD 250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 13.69 mm
Width: 14.33 mm
Thickness: 3.88 mm
Weight: 2.24 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 20th October 2017
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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: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Yaxley
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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