The Portable Antiquities Scheme
IRON AGE BROOCH
-100
Iron Age copper alloy La Tène III brooch in very fresh condition. Parts of the surface are yellowish, i.e. without verdigris. The bow is bent at about midpoint and the pin is not engaged with the catchplate. The front of the bow is decorated with four transversely engraved lines above a vertical line of rocker-arm engraving which continues to the foot. Cf. Hattatt nos.238 and 737. Length c.35mm. 1st century BC/AD.
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