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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester derivative (Dolphin style) brooch of Roman date (43-120AD). The wings are complete and semi-cylindrical with pierced end caps. The axis bar, and part of the spring and pin are lost. What remains of the spring consists of length of wire turned four times and attached to a rearward facing loop on the head of the brooch by an external chord. A sub-rectangular hollow is present on the reverse of the head of the brooch and does not extend into the wings. The bow head is hump-like, and angular (comma shaped) in profile. The bow is D shaped in cross section. It extends to a pointed foot. The catch-plate is sub-triangular and extends from the mid point of the bow. The pin rest is formed by a cast groove and out-turned edge of the catchplate. The catchplate is also decorated with a single pierced sub-triangular panel. The brooch measures 62.8mm length, is 25.4mm width across wings, 8.5mm width across bow, is 3.9mm thick across the bow. It weighs 14.41 grams. The brooch is decorated with a series of cast designs; these are positioned mostly at the head of the brooch. The wings are decorated with a series of vertical cast ribs which echo the design on the upper bow where elegant tapering ribs are present. These tapering ribs are positioned on either side of the bow with a third central one extending from the rearward facing loop. A small out-turned rib transverse rib is also present on the foot of the brooch. The brooch is a dark brown colour with an even but polished patina. Where abrasion has occured (across the mid point of the bow) the surface metal / patina has been removed. Movement in the plough soil has also distorted the profile of the brooch. Similar brooches can be seen in Richard Hattatt's Visual Guide to Ancient brooches and Bayley and Butcher: Roman Brooches in Britain
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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