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Description: | Cast copper alloy fitting in the form of a moulded lion's head; naturalistic lion face cast in high relief with a hollow centre; ears and mane form a solid back-plate 2mm thick; reverse of face evident as a sub-triangular depression in centre of back-plate; this is pierced by a centrally placed circular hole surrounded by traces of iron corrosion which may be the remnants of a screw given that a screw-thread is discernible on the internal walls of the circular piercing. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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