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Description: | An incomplete and broken cast copper-alloy Roman dolphin type brooch, as derived from the Colchester type. The brooch has lost its spring mechanism and concomitant pin. Apart from its break, it has survived well other than a loss at the end of the left hand wing when looking at the brooch in plan, head at the top. The wings extend out for 10mm on each side and are decorated with reeded incisions: one towards the end of each wing, the other half way between this and the bow. The bow appears to be decorated with the same reeding: there are grooves either side of a central rib. The bow travels in a continuous arc and tapers slightly towards the foot. On the reverse of the foot the catchplate survives well, extending for 23mm up the bow. The break occurred to the bow at around the point the catchplate begins. The head extends beyond the wings. Roman, mid 1st century AD | 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: | 45
60 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Robert Webley | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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