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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy La Tene III Nauheim derivative brooch of Roman date. The head is of the circular sectioned sprung type with internal chord though only two supporting coils survive. The pin no longer remains. From the spring the body expands into an ovate swelling before again tapering to a narrow bow and terminating in a rounded foot knop. From the reverse of the bow the catchplate survives with only a small portion of the top corner having been lost to an old break. The brooch appears undecorated.The metal has a mid brownish-green patina and is worn. The brooch is 59.1mm long, 11.5mm wide, 1.3mm thick and weighs 5.9g.Similar examples are illustrated in Hattatt, p.290, fig.149 and are dated to the 1st Century AD.
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