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Description: | Roman copper alloy hinged dolphin brooch dating to c.AD 55-100. The brooch has short, plain, cylindrical wings with open ends, 23.1mm wide, and a slot in the centre to hold the pin. Iron corrosion around the ends and slot suggest the cross bar was iron. The copper alloy pin has a large triangular head one corner of which continues into the circular sectioned pin. The pin is badly corroded and ends about a third of the way down its original length.The bow starts from the top rather than the front of the head, arching above it in the distinctive 'dolphin' form. It then curves through 180 degrees in a shallow but continuous curve to the foot. It tapers in width evenly from the top to the plian, pointed foot. The bow is oval in section at the top, becoming circular in section about a quarter of the way down. The upper quarter to third is decorated with two pairs of incised lines running down the bow with multiple incised transverse lines between them creating small segments. The lines converge towards their end and have a raised ridge down the centre between them. The catchplate is solid with a curved upper edge and old break along the inner edge which meets the foot in a triangle.It is 57.9mm long, 19.7mm thick and weighs 11.64 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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