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Description: | Roman brooch; cast copper alloy dolphin brooch with decorative, longitundinal ridge running down the bow. This brooch dates from the 1st century AD. It has short, narrow, cylindrical wings and the bow tapers from the head to the foot. The decorative ridge is in high relief and is the only extant decoration. The catchplate is almost complete, although the pin, which would have been hinged, is missing.
Length 45.11mm, width across wings 24.74mm, width across top of bow 9/84mm, thickness 17.7mm, weight 10.07g.
Ref: Hattatt, page 299 (fig. 158) | Subjects: | dolphin | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Rohde, Anja | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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