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Description: | A Roman copper alloy lion headed stud. It is circular in shape and is generally conical in profile. The back is hollow. On the front surface there is moulded decoration in the form of a lions head in high relief. It is formed by three concentric circular ridges, with a further irregular shaped moulding at the apex forming the snout. The lowermost ridge is uneven and undecorated. The second ridge is decorated with a series of incised transverse curving lines representing the mane. Thee third ridge is uneven and may also bear a small number of incised lines, and the uppermost moulding is uneven and appears to be undecorated. The back is concave, irregular and undecorated. Mid-green patina.
Studs such as this were used to attach lock-plates to cremation caskets and it is suggested that they were manufactured specifically for decorating small cremation caskets. Similar examples are known from Skeleton Green, Herts.(Partridge 1981, 314-316, fig.119, no. a). | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Puls, Jodi - Portable Antiquities Scheme | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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