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A cast copper alloy dolphin brooch dating to the Roman period dating to the 1st century AD.
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Stuart Noon, 2014-07-01 16:16:30
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A cast copper alloy dolphin brooch dating to the Roman period dating to the 1st century AD.
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English: A cast copper alloy dolphin brooch dating to the Roman period. The object is a hinged example. The wings are tubular and semi-circular in cross-section with a raised stop-ridge at either end. The head of the brooch rises up from the wings and tapers downwards forming the bow of the object. The bow is decorated with a central vertical ridge which is corroded. The foot of the brooch is rounded and incomplete due to recent damage. At the rear of the brooch the catchplate is incomplete.

Similar to <a href="http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/623375" title="View details for DENO-2C80A2">DENO-2C80A2</a>, <a href="http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/620642" title="View details for LVPL-07358E">LVPL-07358E</a> and <a href="http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/604267" title="View details for LIN-464485">LIN-464485</a> on the database.


The length is 54mm, the width is 35mm thickness 12mm and the weight 14.54g.

Depicted place (County of findspot) Lancashire
Date ROMAN
Accession number
FindID: 625535
Old ref: LANCUM-2D08D9
Filename: LANCUM-2D08D9.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/474924
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/474924/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/625535
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