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Description: | A possible copper alloy La Tene III Brooch. The brooch measures 18.80 mm long, 17.83 mm wide, 5.61 mm thick and weighs 2.40 grams.The brooch is similar in appearance to Hattatt fig. 148 no. 6.The bow is fragmentary and only the long multi-coiled spring and the upper portion of the bow are extant. The remains of the clasp holding the reverted bow in place is also extant. The lower part of the reverted bow and the spring are absent.The brooch dates to the 2nd and 1st centuries BCE. Although it was possibly deposited during the Roman period at Bosworth the presence of an Iron Age brooch at Bosworth hints at earlier activity here.
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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