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Description: | An early Roman copper alloy hinged dolphin brooch. The brooch has cylindrical wings containing an axis bar. The pin is missing. Both wings are decorated with three reels; each reel contains a central vertical rope-like rib with a narrow plain rib to either side. The areas between the ribs are concave. The bow is comma shaped in profile and almost square in section but with faceted sides. The bow tapers to the break, located close to the foot. The bow is decorated with a recessed channel down the centre containing a wavey line of reserve metal. The catchplate is missing.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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