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BROOCH
Unique ID: IOW-8FEB2F
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Iron Age to Roman copper-alloy one-piece brooch (c. AD 25-100).
This is mainly the bow of a brooch. A stub of the spring/pin and a small portion of the catch-plate survive.
The bow is convex at the front and almost flat (slightly convex) at the rear. It tapers in width from the head towards the bottom. The front is decorated with two central vertical columns of sub-circular indentations. At the top, each column is angled towards the edge at an angle of about 45°. There is a shallow horizontal grooves at the top. In side profile the bow is arched.
This brooch is corroded and pitted and has a dark green patina. The breaks are old.
Length: 32.4mm; width: 5.0mm; thickness: 1.9mm. Weight: 2.06g.
The brooch is a La Tene III Nauheim derivative type which dates to c. 25 to 100 AD (Worrell, S. 2007 'Roman Brooch Timeline' North-West PAS Newsletter).
Class: La Tene III
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
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: 32.4 mm
Width: 5 mm
Thickness: 1.9 mm
Weight: 2.06 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 9th May 2016 - Monday 9th May 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2016-3-138
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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