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BROOCH
Unique ID: BERK-5870B8
Object type certainty: Certain
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A complete cast copper alloy one-piece Nauheim derivative brooch dating to the Late Iron Age / early Roman period c. AD 43-80. The brooch has two sets of vertical punched squares down either edge of the bow, in the style of so-called 'Lowbury' brooches of the late first century BC / AD. This is a very nice example of its type.
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Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: IRON AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 80
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 46.2 mm
Width: 10.3 mm
Weight: 3 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OXPAS2018.081
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU3995
Four figure Latitude: 51.65244492
Four figure longitude: -1.43767284
1:25K map: SU3995
1:10K map: SU39NE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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