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Description: | An Iron Age copper-alloy brooch of La Tène III, Knotenfibeln type, dating from the early 1st century BC.The now-damaged brooch has been made from a single piece of metal. The bow is of 'D-shaped' section, flaring towards the top, where it extends into the four coils of the spring, with its internal chord and missing pin. A moulding of four transverse ridges is located approximately one third of the way down the bow, which tapers to a pointed foot and damaged, unperforated catchplate.Width: 44.1mm; maximum width (head): 13.2mm; weight: 4.5g
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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