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Description: | A cast copper-alloy prick spur of the later Roman period, dating c. AD 375-410.The main body and base of one arm only remain. The arms are crescent-shaped in plan, D-shaped in section and would have terminated with a riveted circular plate. The body of the spur is defined by a circular perforation in its centre to take the missing prick (a separately attached stud), flanked above an below by a forked bifoliate extension, with one of the extensions also bearing an incomplete forward-facing hook that would have extended above the prick. On other examples this hook terminates with a bird's head.This spur belongs to the dominant British type that is characterised by riveted plates at either end of the arm and a forward facing hook above the prick. Examples of this type found in dated contexts consistently indicate that this was a new introduction in the last third or last quarter of the fourth century with use continuing into the fifth century.
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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