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Description: | Late Iron Age to early Roman (c. AD 0 to c. 100) Nauheim derivative brooch: The copper alloy brooch has a rod bow, which is sub-circular in section and tapers to a sharp tip. The upper terminal tapers and becomes the coil. The outer face of the bow, on the upper portion is decorated with a column of low-relief chevrons which stops just above the mid point. Below the mid point there is a single inverted chevron. In profile the bow is a a curved profile. In profile the lower terminal of the bow flattens to form a solid, incomplete catchplate. The catchplate has a patch of active corrosion along a damaged edge. The coin is incomplete and has one coil remainng which curls forwards towards the front of the bow. The break od the bow is not recent. The surface of the brooch has a shiny dark brown patina which has some fine pitting. It weighs 5.07g, and measures 5.41mm wide across the spring and 47.11mm long.Nauheim derivative brooches are found on the continent and in Britain where they are common (Bayley and Butcher, 2004, 147). They date to the 1st century AD (ibid, 147).Bayley, J. and Butcher, S., 2004 Roman Brooches in Britain: A technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection London: Society of Antiquaries
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