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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Late Iron Age/ Early Roman La T??ne III simple one-piece or Nauheim derivative type brooch. It is missing its pin, which is broken off at its spring coil. It measures 48.41mm in length and weighs 2.99g.
The head consists of four spring coils (one of which is broken where it extends into the pin) and is 8.53mm wide.
The rod bow is c.2.5mm in diameter with ?three transverse grooves at the centre (now obscured by corrosion). The bow narrows to a point at the foot. The catchplate extends behind 11.87mm high.
1st century AD.
Cf. Bayley and Butcher 2004 pp.55, 56 no.24. | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hinds, Katie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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