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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Iron Age/Roman La Tène III brooch, missing some of the catchplate, dating from the 1st Century BC to the 1st Century AD. The brooch is made in one piece, having a very thin, slightly arched bow (square in cross-section) which at the head curls around on itself several times to form the spring before extending downwards (as the pin) in a very straight line and terminating in a point. At the foot of the bow the catchplate, which extends for c.10mm of the length, is incomplete. The upper surface of the bow is decorated towards the top with two transverse grooves.The object has a dark bluey-green patina and is in a very good condition, with traces of corrosion on the pin and lower half of the bow. The brooch is 40.62mm long, with a maximum width of 8.19mm at the spring while the bow has a maximum width of c.2.40mm. From the pin to the bow, the brooch is 16.05mm thick. It weighs 2.31g. Similar La Tène III brooches are illustrated in Hattatt (2000), p. 290, fig. 149, which he dates to the 1st Century BC/AD.
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