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Description: | Incomplete, one piece Nauheim derivative, Iron Age or early Romano-British brooch. The head of the brooch would once have been formed from the coiled wire forming the spring coils, spring chord and pin. However this portion of the brooch has broken away, leaving only a short length of the wire bent in a C shape that curves forward above the bow for 5mm. The bow of the brooch turns down from the head with an approximate 90-degree bend. It is flat in section with a slight doming. It tapers to a sharp point, without a foot knob. The bow is undecorated. The rear of the bow is also plain. The catchplate is solid and complete with its curl intact. Despite its partial survival, the object is in good condition, with its original surface intact. It has an even mid green patina with only tiny patches of pitting. The brooch is 44.7mm long, 4.14mm wide at the top of the bow, tapering to 1.9mm at the foot. The bow is 1.44mm thick. The brooch weighs 1.54g. Hattatt,1982, Ancient and Romano-British brooches, illustrates a similar example in figure 17, number 8 (though this example unusually retains an open catchplate). Hattatt notes that Nauheim derivative brooches are common and were in use at the time of the Roman invasion and continued in fashion until the Colchester type brooches became the preference. | 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: | -50
75 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Caroline McDonald | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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