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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 in plan with closed pierced end caps. The axis bar, spring and pin are lost. At the junction of the bow and wings, on the upper edge is a rearward facing hook. This hook would have held an external chord from the spring. The bow head is hump-like, and angular (comma shaped) in profile. The bow is D shaped in cross section. It extends to a broken blunted point near the foot. The catch-plate is lost. The brooch measures 26.4mm length, is 19.8mm width across wings, 5.7mm width across bow, is 4.3mm thick across the bow (at the same point). It weighs 5.54 grams.The brooch is decorated with a series of simple cast designs which are limited to the head and bow. The wings are undecorated. The bow is decorated with a single sub-rectangular panel with a series of punched circular designs running down the middle of the spine. The head is decorated with two transverse cut notches which highlight the rearward facing hook. The brooch is a mid greyish green colour with an uneven abraded patina. Where abrasion has occurred patches of light green corrosion product are present.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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