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Description: | A late Roman cast copper-alloy prick spur. The spur is short and incomplete. The artefact is the remains of one of the arms, and an elaborate terminal above and below where the prick would once have protruded. The remaining arm is triangular in section before expanding to become trapezoidal just before the elaborate plate for the prick. Iron corrosion is prevalent on the reverse of this prick plate, as a result of corrosion of the iron prick. The spur is broken beyond this plate, but there would have originally been a further arm, which would have terminated as it does on the remaining side. The spur's remaining terminal is flat and sub-circular and has a central attachment rivet hole, with the corroded remains of the iron rivet still intact. Such finds are uncommon, and this is a nice, albeit damaged example.
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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