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Description: | An incomplete Iron Age cast copper alloy La Tene brooch, probably type 1B dating to the period 400 to 275 BC. The head of the brooch originally consisted of four coils to the spring with two loops located on either side of the bow. Only two survive. The bow is curved in section and leaf-shaped in plan. The upper surface of the bow is decorated with two ribs and grooves which form a lentoidal shape. The crests of the surface decoration have a central valley creating twin bands to each. The underside of the bow is plain.The end of the foot, catchplate and toe are missing from an old break. The spring of the brooch remains intact. Similar brooches are shown in Hattatt, Ancient Brooches and other Artefacts (1989) p15; No. 1447/1447. For a similar object on the PAS database, cf. SUR-2CD136
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