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BROOCH
Unique ID: ASHM-B518F7
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete cast copper alloy Nauheim derivative brooch dating from the Late Iron Age /early Roman period c. AD 25-60. The brooch is missing three of the four coils and the pin is also absent. The thin bow has punched squares arranged in two lines vertically down the centre of the bow. This brooch could be classed as a so-called 'Lowbury' brooch, sometimes considered to be the badge of the Atrebates (see Makreth 2011, ND type 2d).
Class:
Nauheim
Sub class: Lowbury 2d
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Undergoing further examination at a museum
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa AD 25
Date to: Exactly AD 60
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 44.9 mm
Width: 4.9 mm
Weight: 0.8 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: ASHMBD477
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Decoration style: Linear
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
To be known as: Childrey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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