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BROOCH
Unique ID: SF-8641C2
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. It has a C-shaped cross-sectioned head with a double lug at the centre of its back; one of the wing is damaged. The head house half of the spring, the coils of which are still wrapped around the incomplete axis-bar. The axis-bar goes through the lower perforated lug and breaks. The upper lug houses the broken chord. The bow is semi-oval in cross-section and slightly tapers towards the break ( at 14.11 mm from the head). The front face of the bow has a longitudinal central groove, which tapers towards the head. The surfaces are moderately worn.
Length: 17.33 mm
Width of the head: 30.59 mm
Thickness of the bow: 3.07 mm
Weight: 6.98 g
Class: Mackreth CD H
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: 17.33 mm
Width: 30.59 mm
Thickness: 3.07 mm
Weight: 6.98 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 19th December 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: Shottisham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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