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Offline Mayadigger

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ID for odd brooch, please
« on: April 11, 2016, 06:32:01 pm »
Ave!

Copper alloy; 35mm/6.0gm

Just a bit plow-bent, there is a small hole where the spring and pin were attached.

No clue.

Thanks!

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Re: ID for odd brooch, please
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2016, 01:17:48 am »
Ave!

Copper alloy; 35mm/6.0gm

Just a bit plow-bent, there is a small hole where the spring and pin were attached.

No clue.

Thanks!

Kevin

Hi Kevin,

 As I hope this type are "Greek" type  ...

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Re: ID for odd brooch, please
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2016, 12:17:01 pm »
Yes, it is a Greek type.  Would need more images of the head and the under-body to be sure exactly what type.  These types were also used by iron-age people in Italy and the Balkans (who likely received them in trade) and so are found far north of Greece proper.

Though the type is roughly 7th century BC in Greece, in the Balkans they were often used several hundred years later so it is more likely circa 4th-3rd c BC.

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Re: ID for odd brooch, please
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2016, 11:52:57 am »
Yes, it is a Greek type.  Would need more images of the head and the under-body to be sure exactly what type.  These types were also used by iron-age people in Italy and the Balkans (who likely received them in trade) and so are found far north of Greece proper.

Though the type is roughly 7th century BC in Greece, in the Balkans they were often used several hundred years later so it is more likely circa 4th-3rd c BC.

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Re: ID for odd brooch, please
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2016, 07:21:59 pm »
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Would need more images of the head and the under-body to be sure exactly what type. These types were also used by iron-age people in Italy and the Balkans

Okay, here you go. I did find a sort-of similar type in Hattatt (#200, page 285) as attributed to Italian brooches 8th-5th Century BC.

I hope this narrows it down.

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Re: ID for odd brooch, please
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2016, 09:18:28 am »
Away from my books right now.  I think the hole in the front is a repair.  The from should just merge into the spring and pin.  I bet it broke and they repaired it by adding a separate pin.

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Re: ID for odd brooch, please
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2016, 03:04:26 pm »
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Thanks Shawn!

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