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Description: | Roman cast copper alloy Colchester Derivative dolphin type, 50-100 AD, with spring mechanism and double pierced lug, missing part of the pin. The head is fomed of two C-sectioned wings with a circular plate in the centre which connects to a ridge on the top of the bow. The plate and joint with the ridge are both pierced to take the cross bar for the spring and the overhead chord. The spring is wound around the cross bar with seven coins on one side then the overhead chord and six coils on the other. The last coil extends into the pin which is broken with an old break just below the head.The oval in cross-section bow extends from above the wings, curving above them then back over in the characteristic dolphin hump. It is plain and tapers evenly from the top to the plain pointed foot. The lower quarter of the bow is thickened into a triangular catchplate with a curved upper edge and curled over outer edge forming a slot to take the pin. It is 46.6mm long, 30.2mm wide and 18.6mm thick; it weighs 15.65 grams.
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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