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Description: | An incomplete cast copper-alloy mid 1st century AD Roman dolphin type brooch, as derived from the Colchester type. The brooch has lost the majority of its spring mechanism and concomitant pin; the catch-plate is also very abraded. The head is expanded in an exaggerated way. The wings are shallowly convex, with a shallow concave lower surface. Semicircular removals at their tips hint at plates for retention of an axis bar in the manner of Polden Hill brooches. The corroded remains of ?six iron coils survive in the concave area of the wings' underside. There are two circular perforations through the upper surfaces of the wings towards the tips, one now filled with iron corrosion product. These might represent attempts to repair the brooch and prolong its life. A broken protrusion at the front of the head forms what remains of a retaining hook. As with the head and bow, the wings are seemingly plain. From the head the bow turns through ninety degrees before angling down gradually to the foot. There is a curious elongated shield-shaped removal just beyond the head on the bow's upper surface. The bow tapers as it travels to the foot, from a width of 12.9mm at the head to 3.5mm at the foot. On the reverse of bow there is a longitudinal ridge at the centre. This develops into the catch-plate which extends for c. 20.5mm up the bow, but is only a remnant, as stated. The brooch has corroded to a dull mid-green colour. The bow and foot have been bent to one side as a result of old damage.
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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