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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy La Tene III 'Nauheim' derivative brooch of Late Iron Age or Early Roman date (AD 1 - AD 100). Overall length 36.9mm, maximum width of bow 7.9mm and maximum thickness of bow 3.9mm. Weight 2.16g.The brooch was cast in one piece and then wrought. The spring and pin are missing due to an old break. When complete, the spring would probably have had four coils. The bow is flat at the front and flat at the rear. The upper part of the bow extends forwards at a right angle to the position of the spring before projecting abruptly downwards. Viewing the brooch from the front, each side tapers inwards from the top towards the foot. At the top of the bow the width is 7.9mm and at the bottom, where it joins the catch-plate, it has a width of 1.0mm. At the top of the bow the thickness is 0.8mm and where it joins the catch-plate, the thickness is 3.9mm. The lower half of the front face is decorated with twelve incised transverse parallel grooves. The catch-plate is complete. However, it is bent at a right angle to its original alignment.The piece is in fair condition and has a mid-green patina overall. Both faces have a considerable amount of pitting which has been created by corrosion. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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