A cast copper alloy Iron Age one piece La Tené III brooch, dating to the early first century AD (c. AD 43-80) and possibly related to the Lowbury brooch type. The brooch is incomplete; the main body of the bow and the catchplate is all that survives, and this is distorted and bent. The bow itself widens into pronounced shoulders from the coiled spring down towards the foot. It then tapers quickly beneath another pair of shoulders just above the bent catchplate before it narrows. The bow is decorated with a central row of chevrons running vertically down the bow, in a similar fashion to many Lowbury stype brooches. There are two moulded ribs running across the width of the bow just above the catchplate. Lowbury brooches are identified with the Atrebates tribe of Hampshire and Berkshire and beyond. An almost identical brooch was found nearby BERK-8F0A06, suggesting they may have been part of a pair.
A cast copper alloy Iron Age one piece La Tené III brooch, dating to the early first century AD (c. AD 43-80) and possibly related to the Lowbury brooch type. The brooch is incomplete; the main body of the bow and the catchplate is all that survives, and this is distorted and bent. The bow itself widens into pronounced shoulders from the coiled spring down towards the foot. It then tapers quickly beneath another pair of shoulders just above the bent catchplate before it narrows. The bow is decorated with a central row of chevrons running vertically down the bow, in a similar fashion to many Lowbury stype brooches. There are two moulded ribs running across the width of the bow just above the catchplate. Lowbury brooches are identified with the Atrebates tribe of Hampshire and Berkshire and beyond. An almost identical brooch was found nearby BERK-8F0A06, suggesting they may have been part of a pair.
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BERK-8EDEA1
BERK-8EDEA1
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Copper alloy
Primary material of object
Incomplete
7.08
Width
52.4
Length
1.33
Thickness
2.
Weight
By Attribution 3.0
The period from for the object
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0043
0080
Method of manufacture
Classification of object