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Description: | An incomplete late Iron Age or early Roman cast copper alloy brooch of La Tene III, Nauheim derivative type. See Hattatt 2000 (A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattatt's Ancient Brooches page 290, no. 243). Only two coils are extant which are flattened in cross section. The two other coils and cord which would have extended to form the pin are missing. The pin is also missing. The spring bends acutely as it joins the bow. The bow is flattened in cross section. It widens where it joins the spring and narrows gradually towards the catch plate. It curves gently between the spring and the catch plate. The catch plate tapers from 10.38mm where it joins the bow, to 6.47mm at the end. There is no decoration on any part of the brooch. Length 43.16mm, width (catch plate)4.05mm, width (bow)4.36mm, thickness 17.0mm, thickness(bow)3.26mm, weight 4.77g.
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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