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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-01787A
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 brooch's head has two semi-oval cross-sectioned wings, which have a longitudinal channel at the back where the spring was housed. The double lug is at the centre of the back of the head and protrudes upwards; its both holes are blocked by soil or fragments of the copper-alloy chord and axis-bar. The bow is slightly D-shape din cross-section and tapers towards the broken end. The surfaces are worn and no decorations are visible on the front face of the wings and bow.
As Mackreth (2011, Vol 2, p. 37, Plate 34, no. 13329).
Length: 35.14 mm
Width: 25.98 mm
Thickness of the bow: 3.32 mm
Weight: 6.77 g
Class:
Colchester derivative, Harlow, double lug
Sub class: Mackreth 2011, CD Ha 2.d
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: 35.14 mm
Width: 25.98 mm
Thickness: 3.32 mm
Weight: 6.77 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 11th September 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: Near Woodbridge
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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