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Description: | Roman cast copper alloy dolphin brooch with hinge mechanism, second half of the 1st century. Half of the pin is broken off; it is hinged on a copper alloy axis bar which is held within the cylindrical wings; the pin does not move. Each wing is decorated with a single diagonal groove running from the top of the head downwards to the base of the wing. The bow is decorated with three longitudinal ridges, one in the centre and one on either side. The lower half of the bow is broken off. There is no trace of the catchplate. The reverse of the bow is slightly hollowed. Brown-green patina. Length (incomplete) 17.9mm, width across wings 20.8mm, width across top of head 7.8mm, thickness of bow 4.9mm, weight 4.92g.
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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