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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-128417
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
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 perforated double lug at the centre of its back. The upper lug still retains a fragment of the copper-alloy spring chord. The bow has a pointed oval cross-section and tapers towards the break. The front face of the bow has a central longitudinal groove. The back face is undecorated.
Length: 17.52 mm
Width of the head: 24.95 mm
Thickness of the bow: 3.08 mm
Weight: 3.68 g
Class:
Colchester Derivative Double lug Type
Sub class: Mackreth 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: 17.52 mm
Width: 24.95 mm
Thickness: 3.08 mm
Weight: 3.68 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 25th July 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: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Sutton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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