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Description: | A fragment of a copper alloy Iron Age/Roman La Tène III, Nauheim derivative brooch dating from the 1st Century BC to 1st Century AD. The fragment consists of the lower part of the bow, the foot and catchplate. The break on the bow is old and worn. What remains of the bow is flat and triangular in plan, narrowing down to a very thin strip which extends 8.7mm to the reverse to form the triangular catchplate. The long outer edge of the catchplate is curled to receive the missing pin. The upper surface of the bow is decorated with two vertical double strips of punch marks while the reverse is undecorated. The fragment is 28.5mm long, a maximum of 8.9mm wide, and a minimum of 0.7mm wide at the foot. The bow is c.1mm thick. The fragment weighs 1.11g.An incomplete La Tène brooch with very similar decoration is illustrated in Hattatt (2000), p. 290, fig. 149, no. 739. He dates these types to the 1st Century BC/AD.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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