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BROOCH
Unique ID: NLM-95D053
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Copper alloy brooch fragment. Cast bow of a brooch, Colchester derivative, Mackreth type CD RH 4.1, though if so, a small hook is lost to abrasion. A rectangular section bow has a curved hollow at its top for semi-circular wings [lost]. A pair of [now] fine lines passes longitudinally down the bow, which tapers towards a plain foot with the stub of a catch plate behind it. Suggested date: Early Roman, 50-61
Length: 46.9mm, Width: 7.2mm, Thickness (crest of bow): 5.1mm, Weight: 7.12gms
Class:
Colchester derivative,
Sub class: possibly Mackreth type CD RH 4.1,
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Exactly AD 61
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 46.9 mm
Width: 7.2 mm
Thickness: 5.1 mm
Weight: 7.12 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2019
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM41442
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Gainsthorpe
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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