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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Late Iron Age or Early Roman La Tene III brooch. 50 BC - AD 75. Length 33mm, width of spring 6.2mm. Weight 1.03g.The surviving part of this one-piece brooch made of round wire consists of about half of the spring, the chord and most of the bow. The pin and the catch-plate are missing. Two turns of a four coil spring survive. Beneath the spring is an internal chord. The bow tapers from the top where it has a diameter of 2.2mm to a sharp abraded point.Despite not having a patina and being very worn all over, it is in fair condition.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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