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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-49211B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A 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 an incomplete double lug at the centre of its back.The head still retains large part of the spring system with the chord passing through the upper lug and the axis-bar in the lower one; an incomplete spring is still coiled around the axis-bar. The bow is semi-oval in cross-section and quite straight in profile, although the foot is slightly bent due to post deposition damages; it tapers towards the break. The front face of the bow has a longitudinal central ridge, which is flanked by two line of punched dashes; there are further faint grooves near the edge of the bow.
Length: 37.06 mm
Width: 27.02 mm
Thickness of the bow: 2.86 mm
Weight: 7.93 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: 37.06 mm
Width: 27.02 mm
Thickness: 2.86 mm
Weight: 7.93 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 24th November 2017
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: RLM 037
Other reference: FInder's reference: NH17-101
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: Rendlesham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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