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Description: | Roman copper alloy plate brooch, 29mm long, 25mm high and 2mm thick with a weight of 5.49grams. The brooch is in good condition with a brown patina and small areas of green corrosion. It is in the form of a Hippocampus, a horse/fish creature. The animal is facing right, has a horses head and has two front legs in a galloping position. Its underside has a large fin and its rear is made up of a 'fishtail' with a curving rounded protrusion above this on the creatures lower back. The surface is decorated with three areas of inlaid enamel, a circulur eye, a small curved rectangle near the tail and a large diamond shape with the points running to the neck, legs and towards its back. There is a raised circular area of copper alloy in the middle of this diamond. The fishtail has the remains of a loop protruding from it and the reverse has two complete lugs, 5mm x5mm, which would have held the pin and also a partially intact catchplate, 8mm long and 5mm high.
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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