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Roman copper alloy Dolphin brooch
The hinge bar of the pin is housed in cylindrical side-wings which are pierced at the ends and have vertical mouldings at their outer edges (only on the front). The bow is of D-shaped section. Its head end is clasped between two moulded thin semi-circular plates which terminate on the bow below the line of the side wings. The head of the bow is ornamented with a raised ridged tongue of elongated V-shape, defined by an indented line. The bow tapers to a tiny knobbed foot. Openwork catchplate.
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Site Name: Whitton Villa site, Whitton
Notes: unstratified