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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman dolphin-type brooch with pairs of leaf-like mouldings down each side of the bow. What remains of the pin is hinged in a wide cross-bar decorated with three sets of incised rings on each side. There is also a set of three incised lines running centrally down the length of the bow from the top of the head towards the foot, which is missing. The style of moulding is similar to the Wilsford Type of T-shaped brooch, such as Hattatt (2000) p.302, No.915, which also date from the 1st century AD. Local comparanda include an example of a dolphin-type brooch from the excavations at Carvossa, Probus, identified by Butcher in Carlyon, CAJ No.26, 1987, p.122, Fig.7, No.19. The length of the brooch from head to broken bow is 21.5 mm; the width if the wings is 43 mm; the diameter of the wings is 6.3 mm; and the thickness of the bow is 12.3 mm; and the weight is 12.46 g. c. AD 75-100
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