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Description: | Copper-alloy Roman dolphin brooch. The brooch is missing its pin and spring, but is otherwise complete. The wings are semi-cylindrical and 15 mm in length. A forward projecting lug remains where the spring would have been held in place. From the wings the brooch rises in a steep arc. The bow of the brooch is 33 mm in length. It is 4 mm wide at its top, thinning to 0,5 mm at the foot. The catch plate remains attached to the foot and extends 12 mm up the reverse of the bow. The bow is undecorated. The wings are each decorated with two incised lines. Dolphin brooches date to the middle of the 1st century AD. Similar examples can be seen in Hattat (1982, pages 64-68; figs 17-26).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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