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Description: | Roman cast copper alloy hinged dolphin type brooch, incomplete; 1st century. The pin is missing; it was held on the copper alloy axis bar encased within the cylindrical wings; in the end of one of the wings is a white non-metallic substance. The wings are undecorated except for a groove around each end. There is a step at the junctino of the top of the bow with the wings. The tapering arched bow is simply decorated with two longitudinal wide shallow grooves. Plain tapered foot. Trapezoidal catchplate, almost complete (length 17mm). The reverse of the bow is slightly hollowed at the top. Fine dark brown patina with some small patches of blue-green corrosion. Length 40.7mm, width across wings 22.7mm, width across top of bow 7.4mm, max thickness across bow 4.8mm, weight 7.78g.There is no exact parrallel in Hattatt's Visual Catalogue.
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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