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Description: | Copper-alloy item, likely to be a fragment of an Iron Age, La Tene I type, one-piece brooch. The brooch is in quite poor condition and appears to have been bent out of shape somewhat. The bow is leafshaped and facially hollow, creating a shallow U in section. It tapers from 10.2 mm at its widest point to 2.4 mm at the foot and 2.6 at the spring. The spring is badly damaged, and only one coil remains, although it is likely that the spring originally had four coils. The distinctive returned foot of La Tene I booches appears to have been broken, and it has apparently also been bent out of shape. The artefact measures 38.4 mm from spring to foot, and 38.9 mm from the foot to the extremity of the curve of the bow. The bow measures 1.5 mm thick. The artefact is similar to leafshaped type La Tene I brooches detailed in Hattatt, 1989, pages 13-15. It dates from between 400 and 250 BC.
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