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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Roman dolphin type brooch, missing approx.6 coils of spring and the lower half of the bow, and pin and catchplate. The wingspan is 19.5mm and is just less than semi-circular in section. Each end on the outside has a double groove as decoration. At the mid-point on the reverse is a double pierced lug. The chord passes through the upper of these, the lower would have held the now missing axis bar. To one side of the lug are four (with part of a fifth) coils; the coil at the furthest end extends into the chord. At the chord's furthest end, it appears to bend around, probably extending into another coil. The bow extends from the top of the wings (the lug extends behind it) and at the break c.16mm from the top it is D-shaped in section. Decoration is in the form of a groove, slightly to one side, running its length. The patina is very dark brown, though where the chord runs easily through the lug, the metal is a very shiny coppery colour. 1st century | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1
100 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Katie Hinds | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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