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Description: | A worn and incomplete tinned copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative brooch, possibly a dolphin type, dating to the period c. AD 50 - 150. The lower leg, the foot and the catchplate are missing. The brooch measures 32.52mm in length, 23.41mm maximum width, 3.39mm minimum width, is 6.36mm thick and weighs 5.82g.The head exhibits cylindrical wings housing the copper alloy axis bar for the hinged pin mechanism. There is a pin slot in the centre of the head, housing the base of the pin which terminates in an old break. The bow extends back from the head and tapers to an old break. It is decorated with two longitudinal ridges which follow the taper of the bow and terminate around two-thirds of the way along the remaining length of the bow. Below this is a faint horizontal incised groove. The brooch has a worn dark green patina with traces of tinning visible.Cf. Hattatt, R, 2007, p. 299, no.20.
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