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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy 1st century AD, British bow brooch. The brooch would have had an internal chord spring mechanism, from the late Iron Age (La Tène III) period. This has been broken off. The head of the brooch resembles the bell of a trumpet, with the open end forming the socket for the now missing spring. A series of moulded collars decorate the head of the brooch. The pin does not survive. The long bow then extends downwards from the head and tapers to the foot. The bow is chamfered but undecorated. The bow terminates with the foot which is undecorated and simple. Part of the catchplate survives. The reverse of the brooch is undecorated. The surface of the metal is slightly pitted. This type of brooch dates from the 1st century AD. This brooch is similar to examples in Hattatt, 2000, p295, Fig: 154.
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