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Description: | A Roman (AD 1-410) copper alloy miniature object in the form of an Iron Age or Romano British socketed axehead with drooping blade. It is of Robinson's Type III. The object measures 17.38mm in length, 7.55mm in max.width (across the blade), 3.07mm in max thickness ('socket' end) and weighs 1.4g. The 'socket' end is rectangular in cross-section, measuring 5.62x3.07mm. It has a central hole 1.45mm in diameter and 0.48mm deep. The axehead narrows and thins to 5.40x2.72mm just above the loop, then widens to 6.33x2.46mm across the loop (which extends as a semi-circular curve to one side with a 1.54mm diameter piercing inside).Below the loop, that edge of the miniature axehead extends outwards at an angle. To the other edge it curves slightly inwards. The cutting edge measures 7.61x0.77mm and is slightly worn and jagged.The object has a smooth but slightly pitted dark brown patina.Reference: Robinson 1995, Wiltshire Archaeology Magazine 88, p.60-68, cf.10, 13. Robinson dates the majority of the miniature axeheads to the Roman period, some being from Late Roman contexts. However some are known too from the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age.
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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