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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy brooch of Roman date. The piece consists of the head and two thirds of the bow from a Dolphin type brooch dating from approximately 40-55AD. The head measures 40.5mm wide and 7.2mm high at the wings. The wings are deeply recessed on the underside and curve upwards at each end in order to partially encase the now-missing spring. A single semi-circular cut out at each end of the wings would have acted as a rest for the axis bar and the spring would have been held in place by passing the wire through the single rearward lug. The wings are decorated on each side by a pair of closely-spaced vertical indented lines. The head is steeply humped and the bow is of circular section and tapers towards the missing foot. A simple decorative moulding exists on each side of the top section of the bow. Overall, the brooch measures 36.4mm high by 40.5mm wide and weighs 15.91g. It is slightly corroded. | Subjects: | Dolphin | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Watters, Julian - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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