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Description: | A heavily worn copper-alloy Roman coin (probably an As) which has been made into a pelta-shaped mount.
The coin would appear to date from the 1st century AD; it is heavily worn and has a right-facing head on the obverse and a standing figure on the reverse.
The mount has been created by filing out two concave portions of unequal size, thus creating a pelta shape. A similar mount can be seen in "Roman military equipment" (Bishop and Coulston; 1993; pp. 156; no. 9). Such mounts are generally thought to be cavalry decorations dating from the 2nd to 3rd century AD. This particular piece has no means of attachment.
The object measures 24.7mm in diameter, 2.3mm thick and weighs 4.83g. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1
300 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Julian Watters | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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