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Description: | An incomplete copper alloy Roman Colchester derivative brooch, probable dolphin type, dating to c. AD 43-100. The brooch comprises two wings, which are circular in cross-section and undecorated. These wings house the axis bar, onto which part of the pin-fastener is still attached in a central aperture on the reverse. The bow is undecorated and arches upwards from the between the wings on the front, before curving gently down towards the catchplate. It is oval in cross-section along most of its length before flattening out to a lenticular cross-section towards the foot. There is a rounded knop projecting upwards at the terminus of the bow on the front. On the reverse there is a worn break where the catchplate was attached, now missing. The reverse is undecorated. There is a green patina on the surface, with areas of dark brown. The bow bends gently out of alignment to the left midway along its length as a result of post-depositional damage.The span of the wings measures 20.50mm, the brooch measures 33.03mm in length, 3.17mm in width, 4.30mm in thickness and weighs 5.37g.Cf. Hattatt (2000) p.299, fig. 158, no. 361.
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