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Description: | Copper alloy Romano-British strap fitting or openwork mount. The mount is circular in shape with a central circular convex boss. Around this central boss the openwork design consists of three radiating trumpet whorls. On the back of the mount there is a large central lug which looks to have originally been perforated to form a loop. The function of these objects in unclear but they would probably have been riveted through a horse harness strap, possibly to join two straps together. Similar openwork 'fobs' have been discovered and these may have been suspended from the side of the horse bridle. The mount weighs 25.63g and measures 38mm in diameter and 21mm in thickness (height). Similar parallels can be seen in Nigel Mills Celtic & Roman Artefacts, p.29 figure C45. A mount with a similar design can also be seen in the Roman Castleford report, the small finds, page 78 figure 306.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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