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Description: | Copper alloy Nauheim brooch. Complete, catchplate bent, otherwise in good condition. Metal appears 'brassy' with a dark patina. 4-coil spring, internal chord. Broad flat bow, very slightly tapered. Narrow ribs flank 2 broad convex bands and 3 narrow flutes. Open rectangular catchplate. Width (top of bow) 16mm, length 77mm. No close parallels found for the bow design, probably Continental? Date could be well pre-Roman as true Nauheim types are 1st century BC/early 1st AD? Don Mackreth comments: Continental, he classifies as proto-Langton Down, Hull related them to Nauheim (but route of the derivation totally hidden). Examples from Wheathampstead and from Skeleton Green, absence from King Harry Lane may suggest pre-15 BC. Distribution at present Norfolk Suffolk Essex Herts. Very tentative dating 50/40-20/15 BC. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | -100
100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Jude Plouviez | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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