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Description: | This is a copper alloy dolphin style Roman brooch, probably from the 1st to 2nd century AD. This example is the typical two piece construction with the main body of the brooch and a now missing, spring and pin assembly. In style, this is perhaps Polden Hill with the end-caps having been broken away but leaving us with their trace in what remains. Thus the spring, axial rod and pin have been lost as has the foot of the bow. The bow is plain but for two longitudinal ridges running down each side of the head. The crossbar is short and undecorated.Much of the original surface has erupted off and what remains has a mid brown patina with green copper corrosion showing along the breaks.
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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