Monument record BRD 076 - Roman artefact scatter of metalwork, including brooches, coins and tweezers.

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Summary

Brooch fragment, bowed lozenge with black inlaid decorations, tinned surface, and a coin of Crispus (AD 318-324) found metal detecting (S1).

Location

Grid reference	Centred TL 7619 8678 (52m by 52m) Centred on
Map sheet	TL78NE
Civil Parish	BRANDON, FOREST HEATH, SUFFOLK

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Type and Period (1)

ARTEFACT SCATTER (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Full Description

Brooch fragment, bowed lozenge with black inlaid decorations, tinned surface, and a coin of Crispus (AD 318-324) found metal detecting (S1). More Rom finds to N, see BRD 036. Finds from this field mentioned previously - denarius of Vespasian and bronze tweezers (S2).
Further finds (some very widely scattered to S and E) include a cosmetic palette, hinged Colchester derivative brooch and a siliqua of Valentinian I (S1).

Sources/Archives (3)

<S1> SSF10684 (No record type): Mallett, E. & West, T.. Mallett E & West T, 1991.
<M1> SSF50072 Unpublished document: Suffolk Archaeological Service. Parish Files. Parish file: finds reports, drawings.
<S2> SSF10688 (No record type): Mallett, E.. Mallett E, 1983, finder not recorded.

Finds (6)

FSF12116: COIN (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
FSF12117: COIN (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
FSF12118: PLATE BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
FSF12119: TWEEZERS (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
FSF12120: COLCHESTER DERIVATIVE BROOCH (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)
FSF12121: (Roman - 43 AD? to 409 AD?)

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Record last edited

Jun 14 2013 12:17PM