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Description: | Roman brooch; Incomplete cast copper alloy ??Polden Hill?? type dolphin brooch of the 1st century AD. This fragment consists of the wings, head and start of the bow of the brooch. The foot, pin and catchplate are missing. The brooch has long, cylindrical wings housing the pin bar and spring. The spring is present, although the pin is missing. The wings have an incised ring in the each end and are decorated with a single moulded band around the end and then a triple band further in towards the brooch head, the central band of which is decorated with incised hatched lines. The bow is broad and tapering, but is flattened at the point where it meets the wings and has a stepped ??crest?? along its top. The bow is decorated with a double moulded band running down its length, both bands of which are hatched. The remains of the very top of the catchplate are present on the back of the brooch bow. The whole brooch has a very smooth, tactile, green-grey patina over its surface.
Length 34.9mm, width (wings) 38.3mm, thickness (at head) 17.4mm, weight 24.19g
Ref: Hattatt, page 300, figure 159 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rohde, Anja | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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