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Description: | Brooch, 47mm long, 9mm wide, 2mm thick. Flat, lozenge-shape body 9mm wide, 30mm long. The front end extends to a narrow square cross-section projection (1.5mm thick) that is 24mm long, this projection is bent at an angle of 45 , this probably would have originally been 90 , the terminal has been flattened slightly and bent round to form a catch of a pin. The other end of the lozenge again is extended with a circular cross-section 2mm in diameter and approximately 100mm long. 10mm after the lozenge it has been coiled around at least twice to form a spring with the rest of the projection forming the pin of the brooch. As mentioned above the arm for the catch is bent out of shape, the lozenge is also bent slightly and the integral spring and pin are misshapen.
The artefact is made of copper alloy with a mid green patina covering the whole of the artefact. Striations are visible in the main body and along the pin and spring, these are evidence of the original working of the artefact.
This type of brooch is called a La T??ne III, Winchester type and dates to the late Iron Age and would date to the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD. | Subjects: | La T??ne III Winchester type | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Adams, Kurt - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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