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Description: | Incomplete cast copper alloy Roman hinged dolphin-type brooch with a small fragment of the copper alloy hinge within the tubular wings. Only one wing survives, and there are the remains of semi-circular recesses along the length of the wing which would have presumably been enamelled. The head of the brooch has a central raised moulded ridge which extends vertically down the bow and seems (as it is too corroded to be sure) to end in two rows of oblique lines, at right angles to each other, forming two borders along the edge of the tapering bow to its foot. A small part of the catchplate remains behind the foot and the pin is entirely missing. Hattatt (2000) illustrates similar examples on page 299, Fig.158, Nos.889-890, which are dated to the 1st century AD.Bayley and Butcher (2004) illustrate a similar Dolphin-type brooch on page 90, Fig.70, No.206, which was found in a layer at Richborough that was dated to c.AD 70-85.
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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