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Description: | Roman cast copper-alloy Dolphin type brooch with hinged pin dating to c. AD 55-100. The brooch has a cylindrical head with open ends and slightly expanded terminals, a copper alloy spindle for the hinge runs through from end to end. There is a large transverse slot on the underside where the pin hinges. The plain, oval sectioned bow rises at 90 degrees to the head before curving through almost 180 degrees, the foot is straighter than the upper part of the bow but still curved. At the top of the bow are pairs of raised mouldings to either side creating the effect of a a double pair of lips at the centre of the head from which the bow springs. The bow narrows gradually but consistandly from the head to the plain, pointed foot. The catchplate is solid, triangular and starts about half way down the bow with a curved upper edge, the lower edge with the bent over catch is lost to old breaks. The pin has a flat triangular head with a central piercing for the spindle of the hinge; it still moves freely on the spindle. When closed the head of the pin fits within the head of the brooch. The pin is circular in section and tapers dradually to the point. The point is bent off to one side.It is 53.1mm long, 26.3mm wide and 20.0 mm thick measured from the closed pin to the top of the bow, it weighs 18.62 grams.Hattatt (2000:299) illustrates a range of similar examples with very varied decoration although none identical to this.
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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