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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy one-piece brooch of 'Nauheim derivative' La Tene III type of the Late Iron Age or early Roman period, dating from c. AD 25 - c. AD 100.The brooch has a head with an internal chord which passes underneath the incomplete bilateral four-coil spring one of which forms the pin, which is now missing. One side of the coil is missing presumed lost in antiquity. The brooch body is rectangular in plan and square in section, and has a slightly arched profile similar to many brooches of this type. The body tapers into a narrow undecorated foot. It retains its unperforated catchplate, which is incomplete,the curved outer edge which would have held the pin, is partially missing, only the bottom remains. There is some decoration in the form of an incised groove at the top of the bow, on the right side, with a horizontal groove on the front at the top of the bow.It measures 51.4 mm in length and has a maximum width at the head of 9.5 mm, it is 2.2 mm wide at the foot. It has a thickness of 3.5 mm and weighs 5.5 g.The brooch is a medium green colour with an even surface patina. Abrasion caused by movement whilst within the plough soil may have resulted in the loss of some of the original surface detail.Nauheim derivative brooches are common in Britain during the Roman period and were probably manufactured in Britain as well as the Continent. Similar examples have been recorded in Bayley and Butcher (2004), page 54, Fig. 37, and these have been dated to the 1st century AD. Similar examples have also been recorded on the databased including SUSS-A6BD93, SUSS-8BD923, IOW-CCFD5A and WMID-970A76.ReferenceBayley, J. and Butcher, S., (2004) Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study Based on the Richborough Collection London, The Society of Antiquaries.
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