Rights Holder: Lincolnshire County Council
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Unique ID: LIN-4C6FA9
Object type certainty: Certain
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A fragment of a Roman copper-alloy Colchester brooch. Only the catchplate and part of the bow survive. The bow is triangular in section and has a raised central rib decorated with diagonal grooves. The catchplate is openwork and turned over at the edge.
Class: Colchester
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 100
Quantity: 1
Length: 30 mm
Width: 5 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight: 2.5 g
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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