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Description: | A late Iron Age - early Roman copper alloy brooch fragment, a Langton Down variant dating c. 15BC - 60AD.Only the upper part of the bow and spring case remains; the spring, pin and foot are missing.When complete this would have been a two-piece brooch with the spring housed in a folded spring cover which is formed from flanges cast on the wings.The bow is wide and flat with reeded decoration and the catchplate is usually perforated.Dimensions: length: 23.94mm; width: 12.41mm; thickness: 11.87mm; weight: 3.69g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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