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BROOCH
Unique ID: WILT-7E7813
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete bent copper-alloy Iron Age/Roman La Tène III, Nauheim derivative brooch dating to the 1st century AD. The spring is incomplete, two coils survive and have been bent out of shape, the remainder of the spring and the pin are missing. The solid, plain bow is rectangular in cross-section. It rises up from the head before being bent inwards on itself c.15mm along its length. The bow has a max width of 3.85mm and tapers towards the foot which is 1.05mm wide. The catchplate survives and has been bent.
Class: La Tène III
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 10
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34.9 mm
Width: 15.15 mm
Thickness: 5.05 mm
Weight: 2.97 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st November 2010 - Tuesday 30th November 2010
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SP 038
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Wiltshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Calne Without
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (From FLO)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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