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Description: | Roman cast copper-alloy Dolphin type brooch with hinged pin dating to c. AD 55-100. The head, bow and foot survive, the pin and part of the catchplate are lost. The brooch head has two cylindrical wings with open ends, one complete, the other missing 50% of its length to an old break. The complete wing has an incised transverse line across the centre and both wings have similar incised lines flanking the top of the bow. There is a large transverse slot on the underside of the head between the wings where the pin hinged. This is now full of iron corrosion from the spindle and what appears to be the copper alloy head of the pin. The plain, oval sectioned bow rises at 90 degrees to the head before bending abruptly at 90 degrees then continuing to curve more gently to the plain, pointed foot. At the top of the bow there are pairs of incised lines angling up to meet in a V-shape, emphasising the V-shaped step where the bow thins to meet the head. The bow narrows gradually but consistently from the head to the foot. The last quarter is thickened on the back into the catchplate which has a curved upper edge and worn, rounded outside edge and lower edge. It is 41.6mm long, 20.5mm wide and 13.0mm thick, it weighs 6.61g.Bailey and Butcher (2004:90) illustrate a similar but complete example, no 207 categorised as Hull T94B. SOM-EDBBF3 and SOM-FA57A5 on this database are also similar.
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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