Data sheet
| Article group | Brooches |
| Gender | For Her |
| Material | Solid Sterling Silver |
| Length (top to bottom) | 22 mm (55⁄64in) |
| Width | 35 mm (1 and 3⁄8in) |
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HIPPOKAMPOI (or Hippocamps) were the horses of the sea. They were depicted as composite creatures with the head and fore-parts of a horse and the serpentine tail of a fish. In mosaic art they were often covered with green scales and had fish-fin manes and appendages. The ancients believed they were the adult-form of the fish we call the "sea-horse". Hippokampoi were the mounts of Nereid nymphs and sea-gods