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Description: | Roman cast copper alloy dolphin brooch with spring mechanism, mid 1st century AD. Incomplete - the foot is missing. The spring and pin are missing and hook for the chord at the top of the head is broken off. The wings have moulded decoration of a diagonal ridge. The upper bow is decorated with three converging longitudinal ridges, and on either side of the mid point, a sub-circular boss with a central ridge flanked by indentations. The lower bow/foot is broken off; there is no trace of the catchplate. Dark grey-green shiny patina; some patches of corrosion. Length 19.8mm, width across wings 20.4mm, width across top of head 8.8mm, thickness across bow 5.5mm, weight 5.12g.
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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