|
Date: |
|
Description: | Incomplete Roman copper alloy dolphin brooch missing part of one wing and the lower bow and catchplate. It is also missing its spring mechanism and pin. To the reverse of the wings and hump of bow is a damaged integral double-pierced projecting lug.The surviving wing-span is 23.4mm. It would have originally been c.28mm. The surviving wing has lost original patina though a faint incised line flanks the outside edge of the wing.The bow/ head rises vertically from the wings and extends in a hump 3mm above. A D-shaped moulding flanks the bow on either side and a triangular moulding on the very top is the extension from the lug behind. The bow here is 11.7mm wide. It extends 23mm to the (old) break. Below the side mouldings, the bow tapers to 7mm and is D-shaped in section, being flat to the reverse. It is 3.6mm wide and 2.6mm thick at the break.All original patina has been lost. It weighs 7.88g.1st century/ early 2nd century in date.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
Brooch
Incomplete Roman copper alloy dolphin…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete Roman (AD 50-150)…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete Roman (AD 50-150)…
-
BROOCH
Incomplete copper alloy Roman dolphin…
-
BROOCH
Incomplete copper alloy Roman dolphin…
-
BROOCH
A fragment of Roman (AD…
-
BROOCH
A complete Roman (AD 50-150)…
-
BROOCH
A complete Roman (AD 50-150)…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete Roman (AD 50-150)…
-
BROOCH
An incomplete Roman (AD 50-150)…
|