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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Late Iron Age/ Early Roman La Tène III (AD 20-100) simple one-piece or Nauheim derivative type brooch. It is missing its openwork catchplate. The brooch measures 39.43mm in length (to the tip of the pin) and weighs 2.95g.The head consists of four spring coils 8.49mm wide. The chord curves underneath the top of the bow, which is flat and 5.89x1.13mm at this point. It projects outwards almost horizontally before dropping in a curve and turning back in line with the spring, narrowing to 2.10mm. The bow is decorated with seven narrow ribs, which converge to five ribs by the time they reach the foot.To the reverse the top and bottom of the openwork catchplate remain only. The metal has a light green patina and shiny surface.
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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