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Description: | An incomplete copper-alloy hinged dolphin brooch dating to the early Roman period. The wings are cylindrical and contain the remains of a pin. The outside of the wings are decorated with imitation spring-like ribs. Both ends of the wings are filled with a lead plug. The bow is comma-shaped in profile, D-shaped in cross-section and has a recessed channel down the centre. Faint diagonal mouldings decorate the sides of the bow. The lower half is missing. The brooch has a reddish patina.
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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