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Description: | Incomplete and heavily worn cast copper alloy hinged Dolphin brooch. Only the incomplete wings and a small section of the bow survive. The wings are cylindrical in section and hollowed for taking the iron axis bar which is still in situ. The wings have an open slot at the centre to allow the hinged pin would have rotate, the top of the hinge of the pin is still present. The head of the bow is slightly swollen where it meets the top of the bow. Below this the bow tapers towards the missing foot. This brooch has been dated in line with hinged dolphin brooches AD c.55-100.
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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