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Description: | Incomplete Roman copper alloy dolphin brooch with spring mechanism, missing its pin. It is slightly bent and 42.8mm in length, weighing 8.1g.
The wingspan is 20.6mm. Eight coils survive though there is room for another. The pin has broken at the end of one of the coils. The chord passes through a douple pierced lug behind the wings. The axis bar is not entirely susrviving though traces of iron corrosion do remain. To the front, the wings are C-shaped in section with a tiny vertical groove flanking each end.
The bow extends from above the wings and is oval in section. The bow is rather bent and squashed but it narrows to accomodate the catchplate which extends behind its lower half.
1st century in date. | Subjects: | Dolphin - spring mechanism - | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Hinds, Katie - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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