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Description: | Incomplete fragment of a small copper alloy two-piece Colchester derivative (Dolphin) brooch of Roman date (43-150AD). The wings are semi-cylindrical with perforated wing / end caps. The wing caps are incomplete; the axis bar, spring / hinge and pin are all missing. There is a large sub-oval concave depression in-between the two wings on the reverse. In the centre of the head of the brooch, at the middle of the wings, is a cast U shaped groove. This extends to the top of the bow and is likely to have had a functional as well as decorative use. The bow head is hump-like, and slightly angular. The bow is semi-circular (D-Shaped) in section. It tapers to a point below the head. The brooch measures 25.9mm length, 17.3mm width, and is 9.9mm thick. It weighs 4.22 grams.
The brooch is very corroded and abraded, however apart from the vertical groove described above, there is no evidence of either cast or incised decoration. The brooch is a mid green brown colour with an uneven abraded patina. This abrasion is probably caused by movement in the plough soil and has resulted in damage around the extremities of the brooch. Similar brooches can be seen in Richard Hattatt?s Visual Guide to Ancient brooches pp 298-299 fig; 157/158: examples 351, 364 and 365. Examples 364 and 365 both have longitudinal grooves on the head and this might indicate that the pins were hinged rather than sprung. However, both these examples are highly decorative and apart from the groove not comparable to this example. | 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: | 43
150 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Peter Reavill | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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