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Description: | A cast copper alloy Roman Dolphin brooch, 1st century AD. See Hattat 2000 (A Visual Catalogue of Richard Hattat's Ancient Brooches, Oxbow Books page 298, no 356 and 352). The sprung pin is missing. The spring is held within two cylindrical lugs on an iron axis bar. The cord is secured by a loop at the crest of the bow. The spring has multiple turns, 6 or 7 either side. The wings are circular in section and have a consistent diameter. The front of each wing is decorated with two engraved lines which are angled from the top of the bow to the bottom edge of each wing, and curve round the wing. The bow arches away from the wings and then curves back. It is widest where it meets the wings and tapers to the broken end. The bow front is decorated with three beaded ribs running from the crest downwards, but are missing from the bottom section due to corrosion. The bottom section, (about 50%), of the bow is missing as is the catch plate. Length 26.37mm, width including wings 25.25mm, width of bow where it meets the wings 8.06, width of bow at broken end 4.10. Diameter of wings 6.66mm. Thickness 13.10 mm. Weight 16.9g.
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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