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BROOCH
Unique ID: SUR-83CD49
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a Roman copper alloy brooch comprising the catchplate and foot, 31.7mm in length. The bow is bent and twisted to a break and has a triangular cross sectional profile, with a pronounced midrib flanked by narrow moulded borders. The catchplate curls up to the right side of the bow and has an acorn shaped terminal knop. Circa 1st-2nd century AD.
Class: Colchester derivative
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 150
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.7 mm
Height: 10.3 mm
Width: 4.9 mm
Weight: 2.28 g
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Windsor and Maidenhead (Unitary Authority)
District: Windsor and Maidenhead (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Bisham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU8585
Four figure Latitude: 51.55748904
Four figure longitude: -0.77530682
1:25K map: SU8585
1:10K map: SU88NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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