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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-7B6173
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
An incomplete copper-alloy Roman brooch of the Colchester derivative double lug type, dating to AD 43-100. The head has two C-shaped cross-sectioned wings and a double lug at the centre of its back face. The upper lug houses the incomplete chord, which coils into an incomplete spring; the lower lug has still half of the axis bar passing through. The bow is oval in cross-section and tapers towards the break.
Length: 19.99 mm
Width of the head: 18.50 mm
Thickness of the bow: 3.29 mm
Weight: 3.95 g
Class:
Colchester derivative, Harlow, double lug
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, CD Ha
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: 19.99 mm
Width: 18.5 mm
Thickness: 3.29 mm
Weight: 3.95 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 22nd August 2019
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Mid Suffolk (District)
To be known as: Stowupland
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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