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Description: | Incomplete Iron Age cast copper alloy brooch of La Tene Type I (Ia or Ib), 5th-3rd century BC. The head and sprung pin of the brooch are missing and the break is very worn. The irregularly-sectioned bow is highly arched in a semi circle. Travelling away from the head the bow widens and divides with a deep central cleft so that the main length of the bow has a V-shaped section. Towards the foot the bow becomes solid again and narrows. The foot of the brooch projects outwards in a gentle curve from the base of the bow; it would have completed the curve and folded back on itself but it has been broken. It has the remains of the catchplate to one side. The incomplete brooch has a dark green patina, and the surface is fairly pitted. It measures 36.1mm long, 5.9mm wide and 4.6mm thick; it weighs 6.10 grams. Hattatt (2000) illustrates a similar example, p. 288 ref. 1446, that has also been cast with a deep central cleft. This belongs to La Tene Type 1 and is dated to 475-275 BC.
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