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Description: | Roman cast copper alloy dolphin brooch with spring mechanism, mid 1st century AD. Incomplete - the spring, pin and catchplate are missing. The spring would have been held within the shallow semi-cylindrical wings and the chord would have been held by a hook at the top of the head; the hook is decorated with four filed transverse grooves; each wings is decorated with a single incised groove at the end; the bow is undecorated and tapers simply to the end; the catchplate is damaged - it extended c.23mm up the bow. Fine dark brown patina. Length 46.6mm, width across wings 20.5mm, width across top of head 9.2mm, thickness across bow 6.0mm, weight 10.71g.
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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