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Description: | Copper alloy brooch fragment. Spring case and upper bow of a degenerate form of Leontomorphe brooch, Mackreth type LEO 5.d, which he describes as reduced to a bow tie with a prominent fantail foot. A cylindrical spring case retains a four coil spring and is met by a tapered flat bow which narrows to the top of the fantail, thereafter expanding; the lower bow is lost and the bow is rolled around the spring case. Suggested date: Late Iron Age, 25-50.Length (as found): 16mm, Width: 14.9mm, Weight: 4.66gms.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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