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Description: | Roman copper alloy sprung Dolphin brooch, spring and pin missing, catchplate distorted. The wings are decorated with a moulded flute between two ribs, the inner ones knurled. At the top of the bow a pair of narrow transverse ribs are engraved with oblique lines, running in one direction on one and in the reverse on the other. The bow is of flattened D-section, the front face being almost flat, with an engraved line down both sides and a medianpair of lines flanking a band of knurling. These features descend to a plain and almost straight terminal. The aperture in the catchplate is triangular with concave sides. Wingspan 27.5mm. Length 55mm. c.43 - c.65 AD.
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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