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BROOCH
Unique ID: HAMP568
Object type certainty: Certain
The four-coil internal chord spring is made from circular-sectioned wire, as is the bow which curves strongly, but has been distorted. Tapering to missing catchplate. End of pin missing.
Notes:
This type of brooch is partially contemporary with the Nauheim brooch. These brooches may date from the middle of the 1st century BC, but due to the simplicity of form, continued in use into the second half of the 1st century A.D. The larger examples generally date to pre-conquest times.
Class: 'Drahtfibel' or 'Wire' type
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: 50 BC
Date to: Ante AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Length: 43.5 mm
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: South East And London
County: Hampshire
District: Test Valley
To be known as: HAMPSHIRE APPLESHAW
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 1985
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Created:
Wednesday 22nd November 2000
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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