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Copper-alloy La Tène I bow brooch, incomplete. Pin and one coil of spring missing. Rounded arched bow. Bilateral four-coil spring with external chord (last coil before pin is missing). Reverted foot with flattened and slightly indented circular disc at toe. Possibly once had additional material adorning foot disc. Bow decorated with three sets of two parallel grooves running across the bow, one in the centre and one at either end as the bow bends back down towards the head and foot. Dark, slightly brownish green patina; smooth condition.
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