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BROOCH
Unique ID: SUSS-46AF6C
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
An incomplete cast copper-alloy Late Iron Age or early Roman period one-piece brooch of 'Nauheim derivative' La Tene III type dating from c. AD 25-100. The brooch has a head with an internal chord which passes underneath the bilateral four-coil spring, one of which forms the pin, which is missing. The brooch body is triangular in plan and oval in section, and has a slightly arched profile similar to many brooches of this type. The body tapers into a very narrow undecorated foot, which is bent outwards slightly at the end, possibly due to in situ damage. There are no traces of a catchplate, which is common to the 'Nauheim derivative' type. The brooch does not seem to be decorated. It measures 30.96 mm long, 8.72 mm wide (at spring), 4.9 mm thick (at spring) and weighs 1.6 grams. The brooch has an overall reddish-green colour.
Nauheim- derivative brooches are common in Britain during the Roman period and were probably manufactured in Britain as well as the Continent. Cf. Bayley and Butcher 2004, Fig. 37. For another similar PAS database example cf. SUSS-A6BD93.
Class: Nauheim derivative (La Tene 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 25
Date to: Circa AD 100
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.96 mm
Width: 8.72 mm
Thickness: 4.9 mm
Weight: 1.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 21st April 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Chichester (District)
To be known as: Near Chichester
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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