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BROOCH
Unique ID: NMS-B153FA
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Fragment of a Roman white-metal coated copper alloy Hod Hill brooch, elongated triangular lower bow, foot knob missing, and a small part of the upper bow with a median rib. There is a small hole (diameter less than 1mm) through the incomplete catchplate. Extant length and width 29.2 and 7.7mm. c.43 - c.70 AD.
Class: Hod Hill
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 70
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 29.2 mm
Width: 7.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 8th December 2018 - Thursday 12th December 2019
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Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: 1537
Other reference: SB012020
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Surface Treatment: White metal coated
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Norfolk (County)
District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District)
Parish or ward: Snettisham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF6934
Four figure Latitude: 52.8769201
Four figure longitude: 0.50980365
1:25K map: TF6934
1:10K map: TF63SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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