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Description: | An incomplete and probable cast copper alloy Dolphin fibula brooch (length: 35mm; width at wings: 29.1mm; thickness: approximately 15mm; weight: 11.02g). The wings of the brooch are corroded and incomplete at the ends with remains of ridged decoration still visible near the ends. The bow forms a high arch and is slightly corroded and broken at the end. The bow is decorated and consists of four repeated diagonal ribs to either side of another rib running down the centre with an indented line to each side. Each of these diagonal ribs has two indented lines on them. The back of the brooch is particularly corroded with none of the spring mechanism or pin surviving behind the wings, and a hollow cusp only present. Part of the catch plate survives and has a scratched area where the original colour of copper alloy is seen. Overall, the brooch is in a worn but fair condition with a dark green/ brown patina.A similar example is illustrated in Hattatt's 'Iron Age & Roman Brooches', 1985, page 73 & 75, Figure 30, Ref no 352, which was found in Lincolnshire. This brooch has similar decoration, but the diagonal knurled ribs are in sunken relief, instead of protruding outwards.Dolphin brooches date to the 1st/ 2nd century AD.
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