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BROOCH
Unique ID: WILT-9F4D35
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete copper alloy Late Iron Age/ Early Roman La Tène III (AD 20-100) simple one-piece or Nauheim derivative type brooch. It is missing part of the foot and catchplate (probably about half). The bow is bent inwards. The brooch measures 47.43mm in length and weighs 1.92g.
The head consists of four spring coils 10.66mm wide. The chord curves underneath the bow, which is undecorated and slightly D-shaped in cross-section (being flat to the reverse). It is 4.68mm wide below the spring and narrows to 0.50mm at the broken foot. Part of the curl is still with the surviving piece of catchplate.
Class: La Tène III
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 20
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 47.43 mm
Width: 10.66 mm
Weight: 1.92 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 7th February 2012 - Monday 2nd April 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Salisbury Museum Entry Form no.3836
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Test Valley (District)
To be known as: Nether Wallop
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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