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Description: | Incomplete copper alloy Roman dolphin brooch with hinge mechanism, missing its pin and part of the catchplate. The surface is very worn and heavily pitted.
The wings are tubular with a wingspan 30.9mm. The axis bar is probably iron as there is much corrosion at one of the open ends. The head of the pin appears to be corroded into place, again surrounded by iron corrosion.
The bow extends from the top of the wings in the characteristic hump with a moulding either side. There may have been further incised decoration on the bow but the heavy pitting makes it difficult to be sure.
The bow extends 62.7mm, narrowing from 8.4mm wide x 7.2mm thick to 4.6x5mm just above where the catchplate extends. The catchplate is openwork and the top outside edge is missing, as well as the curl lower down. At the foot the brooch is 2mm thick.
Weighs 24.00g. 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: | 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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