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Description: | An incomplete and worn copper-alloy Roman harness fitting in the form of a phalera. This object is flat and roughly circular in shape measuring 32mm in diameter and 2mm in thickness. It has a central circular hole, 3.5mm in diameter. The front face is decorated with two concentric circles of small square indentations and an outer circle of rectangular indentations arranged vertically. Some of the indentations all have traces of enamel within them which appears to be red in colour. A similar phalera was found at excavations of Old Market Street, Usk in a Period III (Phase 6) context dating to c. AD 87-90 (Marveell 1996, 54). On the back face there are four stubs, arranged in opposing pairs, with circular cross-sections, these are presumably the remains of two integral loops. These loops would then have allowed this strap fitting to have acted as astrap union or distributor. No parallel could be found for this strap fitting.
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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