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Description: | A copper alloy Roman horse harness pendant. The pendant is shaped like a crescent moon or 'lunula' with the ends meeting to form a circle. There are rounded knops at the ends of crescent. The front face of the crescent is divided into three cells for enamel. The centre one still contains enamel that appears red with a white circle, but the other cells are empty. At the middle point of the crescent, at the thicket part, there is a suspension loop projecting from the pendant. The loop is at right angles to the pendant. The reverse is undecorated. The metal has a nice dark green patina and there are traces of gilt surviving on the edges. There are unidentified white deposits on the suspension loop, which may be a form of corrosion. The pendant is 27.5mm long, 21mm wide and 5.5mm thick. Similar examples are illustrated on page 75 of "Roman Castleford, Volume I: The Small Finds" by Cool and Philo, 1998.
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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