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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy one piece bow brooch of Late Iron Age or Early Roman date, a 'Nauheim derivative' La Téne III type. This brooch dates from the first century AD.The brooch would have probably originally had a head with an internal chord passing underneath a bilateral four-coil spring, of which one coil would have formed the pin. All but a small amount of the coiled spring and pin mechanism is now missing. The body of the brooch is sub-rectangular in section and is composed of a single copper-alloy rod of uniform thickness with a flat upper surface. The upper part of the bow near the head has been damaged in antiquity, with the result that this section of the brooch has been bent slightly outwards away from the catchplate. The foot of the brooch has survived almost undamaged, with a catchplate of sub-triangular plan, although part of the curved outer edge that would originally have held the pin in place is now missing, with only a small piece surviving. The piece is in relatively good condition despite the breakages, demonstrating a dark green patchy patina with some brown corrosion adhering to the surfaces.A number of examples on the PAS database mirror this brooch form closely, primarily HAMP-955ADE and SUSS-B16362. A similar example can also be seen in Hattatt 1982, p.59, fig. 17, no. 10.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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