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Description: | Romano-British incomplete tinned or silvered copper alloy phalera from military horse harness, openwork disk with centrally cast lion’s mask in high relief (depth 14mm, traces of tinning or silvering beneath chin of beast), hollowed on reverse, small perforation in open mouth. The head is set within an openwork running vine motif and plain flange, broken across upper central rivet-hole and with two further rivet-holes flanking mask, lower part of vine motif and flange missing, diameter 68mm. Cf. Bishop and Coulston (1993) 156-7. Probably Early third century. n.b proximity to Roman road. | Subjects: | phalera Romano-British | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Bales, Ellen - Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service | Identifier: | http://www.findsdatabase.org.uk/hms/pas_... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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