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Description: | Copper alloy unidentified object, 18mm in diameter. The object is disc shaped, with a flat reverse and a shallow socket on the obverse. In the socket is a rectangular hole 4mm by 1.5mm, and in the side of the socket a small hole for a pin. This hole is 2mm in diameter.An almost identical example was discovered at the Legionary Fortress baths at Caerleon in a context dating ealier than circa AD 100/110 (Brewer, R., p 173 no. 7, fig 56.7, in Zienkiewicz, J. 1986, The Legionary Fortress Baths at Caerleon, II. The Finds). The object was interpreted as possibly being used as a pommel plate, cf. Oldenstein 1976, Taf. 11, nos25-31, or slotted on to the tang of a knife to protect a wooden or bone handle. The latter interpretation would seem more likely considering the objects' size. Possibly a military item.
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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