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Description: | Copper alloy hinged dolphin brooch. The wings are Cylindrical in section and contain an axis bar for a hinged pin (now missing). The wings are decorated with two moulded reels. The bow is comma-shaped, with a thick and rounded head tapering to a point. The bow is undecorated. The catchplate is missing.The distribution of hinged dolphin types covers the south and the midlands, but peters out in the north of England. A late Neronian-Flavian date has been suggested for the hinged dolphin (Crummy 1983, 12, Type 94).
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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